June 26, 2025
The torch globes are replicas of the original globes from the 1920s. The lighting around the Memorial were designed as torches to allude that the female allegorical sculpture, often referred to as Victory, Liberty or the Spirit of Newfoundland, lit the globes using the flaming torch held in her left hand.
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