From: "Andy" <as-AT-spelthorne.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Cenotaph was Re: Gandhi
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:22:02 +0100



> what is a cenotaph?
>
>        Learn more about me & then some!
> http://www.interport.net/~rugosa/index.html
>

Literally - an empty tomb.

Usually a memorial to the dead buried or lost elsewhere, so cenotaphs as a
genre are  mainly for war victims and drowned at sea persons. In this case
"The Cenotaph" - big war memorial in Whitehall, London where Royalty lay
wreaths on the 11 Nov or thereabouts - and which had graffiti sprayed on it
during the May 1st demonstration.

For history lovers, they're worth looking out for. In Harwich, Essex there's
one to Minesweepers

Andy