Northern Ireland War Memorial facts for kids
| Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 420: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Established | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Location | 21 Talbot Street, Belfast, BT1 2LD United Kingdom |
The Northern Ireland War Memorial also called NI War Memorial and War Memorial was opened in 2007 in Talbot Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It replaced an earlier building called Memorial House which was located in Waring Street on a site which was bombed during the Blitz in 1941. It contains the Home Front Exhibition and the first national memorial to the hundreds killed in the Belfast blitz, created by Carolyn Mulholland.
Aim
The aim and purpose of the War Memorial is to:
- be an enduring memorial to those who fell in World War I and World War II.
- provide offices for the Royal British Legion and other ex-service charities.
- commemorate the association of the American Armed Forces with the Northern Irish during World War II.
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Northern Ireland War Memorial Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.