The Shrine of Remembrance is the largest war memorial in Australia. It was built between July 1928 and November 1934 in commemoration of the 114,000 men and women of Victoria who served and those who died in World War I. During the Vietnam War, the memorial became a popular protest site for anti-war demonstrators. A few days before ANZAC day in 1971, the shrine was decorated with the word “PEACE!” painted in 3 ft. white letters on the pillars of the portico. Four “Ban-the-Bomb” signs were also painted in white on the pillar supports beside the steps. The perpetrators were believed to have been four young men who knocked down the Shrine of Remembrance’s unarmed security guard at 12:15am on April 23, 1971. Despite restoration and cleaning, the PEACE! slogan remained faintly visible for over 20 years.