Bridge of Remembrance Unveiled – 11th November 1924

On 11 November 1924, the Bridge of Remembrance was unveiled. It had been a strong public opinion that a war memorial was needed in the city of Christchurch. The C.C.C. released a competition amongst the city’s designers and the winning design was begun on 23 January 1923. As Christchurch, along with the rest of world, …