5/5 Anita W. 7 months ago on Google • 1012 reviews
It
was
wonderful
to
visit
on
Labour
Day
to
hear
the
Carillon
Recital
and
then
visit
the
Memorial
Room
on
the
2nd
floor.
The
set
up
of
the
concert
was
fascinating.
A
TV
set
showing
a
live
stream
of
the
musician
playing
the
Carillon
was
rolled
out
outside
so
that
concert
goers
could
see
her
hands
(and
feet)
working.
What
a
wonderful
performance!
Afterwards
we
climbed
2
flights
of
stairs
to
visit
the
Memorial
Room.
Be
sure
to
find
the
painting
of
Major
Frederick
Banting,
yet
the
co-discoverer
of
insulin.
All
of
the
artefacts
in
glass
cases
were
donated.
The
exhibit
was
fascinating
and
poignant.
.........
The
Soldiers'
Tower
is
the
University
of
Toronto's
war
memorial.
A
few
months
after
the
Armistice
ended
the
First
World
War
on
11
November
1918,
the
University
of
the
alumni,
students,
faculty
and
staff
who
had
served
and
died
in
the
war.
The
names
of
the
628
men
and
women
who
died
while
in
service
are
engraved
on
the
Memorial
Screen
in
the
west
arcade.
In
1949,
the
names
of
the
557
university
men
and
women
who
died
in
service
in
the
Second
World
War
were
engraved
on
the
two
walls
of
the
archway.
The
cornerstone
of
the
Tower
was
laid
on
11
November
1919,
the
same
day
that
Hart
House
was
officially
opened.
The
Tower
was
dedicated
at
commencement
in
June
1924
and
the
clock
and
carillon
were
added
in
1927.
Its
location
between
Hart
House
and
University
College
was
chosen
to
symbolize
the
union
of
the
new
with
the
old.
The
143-foot
Tower
is
second
only
to
the
Peace
Tower
in
Ottawa
as
Canada's
tallest
war
memorial.
In
the
top
section
are
hung
the
51
bells
of
the
carillon.
The
Memorial
Room
inside
the
Tower
immediately
above
the
archway
houses
artifacts
illustrating
the
contributions
of
the
university
community
to
the
defence
of
Canada's
freedom.
