The Historian · Marguerite · Montréal
Monument to George-Étienne Cartier (Mount Royal)
This towering monument to a Father of Confederation has become something its sculptor never intended: every warm-weather Sunday, thousands gather around it for the spontaneous 'Tam-Tams' drum circle, a tradition since the 1970s. It's where the city assembles, celebrates, and protests. Read it as a lesson in how monuments outlive their original meaning and get reclaimed by living people.
A grand Cartier monument at the mountain's foot — long the gathering place for the Sunday 'Tam-Tams' and a stage for the city's political life.
— Marguerite, The Historian
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