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==The Theirs Monument== | ==The Theirs Monument== | ||
===Description=== | ===Description=== | ||
[[Image:Theirs.jpg|thumb|400px|left|The Theirs Monument in winter.]] | |||
A sombre memorial, surrounded by the tiny graves, mostly unmarked, of infants from [[Guttridge_Drive|Guttridge Drive]] and other slums of eastern [[Pegton]]. Its position on a tree-dotted knoll makes it visible from across the four suburbs at whose nexus it is situated. | |||
===History=== | ===History=== | ||
Erected in 1906, using donations from [[Howes_Square_School|Old Howesians]] hailing from [[Guttridge_Drive|Guttridge Drive]], this simple and touching memorial commemorates the thousands of unknown Pegtonian children who died of the Paraguayan Flu epidemic at the turn of the 20th century, during several uncommonly cold winters. | |||
Many of these innocents had never eaten a vegetable or so much as seen fresh fruit in their short lives, and this complete absence of vitamins, minerals and colour in their lives rendered them helpless when struck down by the South American flu menace. | |||
In dedicating the monument, benefactor Eliza [[Newstead_Library|Newstead]] said: "All that was theirs in life was death; ''let this monument be theirs also'', to their perpetual honour and our eternal shame, that those who had did not help those who had not." Following these words, the monument was popularly known simply as '''Theirs'''. | |||
The monument's official name is '''A Monument to the Sacred Memory of the Thousands of Unidentified Infant Innocents Who Did Forfeit This Life Through No Fault or Moral Failing of Their Own, in The Years of Our Lord 1899-1901.''' | |||
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The Theirs Monument
Description
A sombre memorial, surrounded by the tiny graves, mostly unmarked, of infants from Guttridge Drive and other slums of eastern Pegton. Its position on a tree-dotted knoll makes it visible from across the four suburbs at whose nexus it is situated.
History
Erected in 1906, using donations from Old Howesians hailing from Guttridge Drive, this simple and touching memorial commemorates the thousands of unknown Pegtonian children who died of the Paraguayan Flu epidemic at the turn of the 20th century, during several uncommonly cold winters.
Many of these innocents had never eaten a vegetable or so much as seen fresh fruit in their short lives, and this complete absence of vitamins, minerals and colour in their lives rendered them helpless when struck down by the South American flu menace.
In dedicating the monument, benefactor Eliza Newstead said: "All that was theirs in life was death; let this monument be theirs also, to their perpetual honour and our eternal shame, that those who had did not help those who had not." Following these words, the monument was popularly known simply as Theirs.
The monument's official name is A Monument to the Sacred Memory of the Thousands of Unidentified Infant Innocents Who Did Forfeit This Life Through No Fault or Moral Failing of Their Own, in The Years of Our Lord 1899-1901.
