pictures from the war memorial

it is often commented that tin tits sword looks out of proportion and too short for the sculpture, whose real title i think is 'mother of the nation'. the story is that it was shortened so that it would not stand higher than the highest point of the largest church in the lavra complex on the next hill. it would be wrong for a secular item to stand higher than a spiritual item.
the reliefs below are in bronze. they are huge and would have been very, very impressive when still shiny.
paulie was supposed to climb up and straddle the tanks cannon, according to local masculine custom. he didn't want to take the risk with his precious first-born strapped to his chest. to give a bit of perspective, that's the base of tin tits with the scaffolding on it behind him.