Portland Cenotaph
It is situated at New Ground, looking down to Underhill of the island and overlooking Chesil Beach, as it stands in front of Portland Heights Hotel.In the years following World War I, the local people of Portland expressed their desire to retain the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice.However, the communities of Underhill and Tophill continually argued that there should be two separate war memorials to honour the dead.[4] The memorial is the place of gathering each year for Remembrance Day, and in 2012, local newspaper Dorset Echo reported that more than 400 people gathered at the war memorial for the Portland Royal British Legion service – one of the biggest crowds ever to attend.[6] In 2012, a sculpture of the Olympic rings, carved to celebrate the summer's sailing events at Weymouth and Portland, was placed close to the memorials.
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