Let We Forget
Introduction
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Let We Forget
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 25 Feb 2015
Local volunteers, community groups and schools gathered together In September 2014 to plant 100,000 snowdrop bulbs across a number of sites in Manchester to mark the centenary of the First World War Snowdrops were chosen as they were planted at war graves during the First World War to remind soldiers of home. The small white flowers, a symbol of hope and peace, are now starting to bloom and it is hoped that will leave a lasting legacy when they flower each year for the enjoyment of many who visit, work and live in Manchester This is accompanied by a dramatic war-themed snowdrop installation imitating a First World War bunker outside the entrance and inside the foyer of Manchester Art Gallery. The display is designed to showcase the city wide project by featuring snowdrops growing out of the bunkers as if the war is over, leading visitors to the Stanley Spencer art exhibition currently showing at Manchester Art Gallery. (http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1355839907680/ Manchester Snowdrop City, National trust).
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