{"id":4783,"date":"2009-11-17T15:02:26","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T20:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=4783"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:29:57","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:29:57","slug":"norman-bethune-square-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/11\/17\/norman-bethune-square-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Norman Bethune Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"bethune by Spacing Montr\u00e9al, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacingmontreal\/4112308007\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2705\/4112308007_c12f501833.jpg\" alt=\"bethune\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><a title=\"bethune2 by Spacing Montr\u00e9al, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacingmontreal\/4113076354\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2650\/4113076354_c135576ae3.jpg\" alt=\"bethune2\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walking through the completed portion of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quartier_Concordia\">Quartier Concordia<\/a> this afternoon (northeast corner of Guy and de Maisonneuve), I snapped these photos of a wreath lying in front of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norman_Bethune\">Norman Bethune<\/a> statue. This reminded me of last week, when I saw a group of Chinese gathered in the square. Naturally, I continued on my way not thinking much at the time, but then I realized that they must have been paying hommage to the doctor who devoted himself to communism and the Chinese people.<\/p>\n<p>Bethune died Nov. 12, 1939. Making it 70 years ago last Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking through the completed portion of Quartier Concordia this afternoon (northeast corner of Guy and de Maisonneuve), I snapped these photos of a wreath lying in front of the Norman Bethune statue. This reminded me of last week, when I saw a group of Chinese gathered in the square. 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