War memorial in Ottawa, Canada
Reconciliation: The Peacekeeping Monument
is a
monument
in
Ottawa
, the capital of Canada, commemorating
Canada's role in international peacekeeping
and the soldiers who have participated and are currently participating, both living and dead.
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The monument is located in
Ottawa
, between St. Patrick Street and Murray Street, in the centre of the intersection where they meet Mackenzie Avenue and
Sussex Drive
; this places it just south of the
National Gallery of Canada
and just north of the
American Embassy
and
Major's Hill Park
. Artist
Jack Harman
built the three soldiers with architects
Richard Henriquez
and
Gregory Henriquez
designing the site concept, monument structures and the naming of the monument.
Cornelia Oberlander
was the landscape architect. The monument was completed in 1992.
The work, entitled
Reconciliation
, depicts three peacekeeping soldiers — two men and a woman — standing on two ridges of stone which cut through the broken debris of war and converge at a high point, which symbolizes the resolution which peacekeeping brings. The base of the monument includes
Lester Pearson
's 1956 quote "We need action not only to end the fighting but to make the peace... My own government would be glad to recommend Canadian participation in such a
United Nations
force, a truly international peace and police force", as well as the
French
translation.
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In 1995, the monument was commemorated on the year's
$1 coin
, following the 1994 commemoration of the
National War Memorial
.
Gallery
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See also
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Sources
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- Gough, P.J. (2002)
‘Invicta Pax’ Monuments, Memorials and Peace ; an analysis of the Canadian Peacekeeping Monument, Ottawa
, International Journal of Heritage Studies, 8, 3. pp. 201?223, ISSN 1352-7258.
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