#100YearsAgoToday in #YYC (Nov. 27, 1922): City council gives permission for a bronze memorial commemorating soldiers lost in #WWI to be placed in front of the Calgary Public Library in #YYC’s Memorial Park. The bronze statue, commissioned by the Colonel Macleod Chapter of the Imperial Order, Daughters of the Empire and designed by Montreal sculptor Coeur de Lion McCarthy, is unveiled on June 23, 1924. #yyccc #BeltlineYYC