Standing Guard: Weekly Photo Challenge – Peek

November 1, 2017 by rightpouitree 12 Comments

“This week, share a peek of something — a photo that reveals just enough of your subject to get us interested. A tantalizing detail. An unusual perspective.” 

Was the small diamond-shaped window put there to allow him to see out?

It also allows us to see in…

…as he stands guard…

…at the Jamaica War Memorial in National Heroes’ Park in Kingston.

The Cenotaph is in memory of the thousands of Jamaicans who died in World Wars I and II. The Memorial was first erected on Church Street in 1922 to honour those who died in World War 1; in 1953 it was moved to its present location. Soldiers from the Jamaica Defence Force form a ceremonial guard at the Memorial. The epitaph on the monument reads: “In memory of the men who fell in the great war. Their name liveth for evermore.” 

Weekly Photo Challenge – Peek