Monumental Memories: Confederation Park to Confederation Square

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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Learn about the little known history of the monuments that populate the streets and parks of Ottawa. Listen to hear how and why Canadians have memorialized the past in the statues we pass every day.


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Animals in War Dedication

Date: 2012 Initiator: Navigator Communications and The Canadian Foundation for Animal-Assisted Suppo…

Colonel John By Fountain

Date: 1845 Initiator: The British National Art Fund. Designer: Sir Charles Barry (British architec…

National Aboriginal Veterans Monument

Date: 2001 Initiator: National Aboriginal Veterans Association (NAVA), the Congress of Aboriginal Pe…

Polish Home Army Ex-Servicemen’s Memorial

Date: 1964 (plaques added in 1993) Initiator: Polish Home Army Ex-Servicemen's Association of Canad…

South African War Memorial

Date: 1902 Initiator: A public initiative engendered by children Designer: Hamilton MacCarthy (scu…

Brigadier Andrew Hamilton Gault Statue

Date: 1992 Initiator: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Designer: Don Begg (sculptor) C…

The Response - National War Memorial

Date: 1939 Initiator: The Government of Canada Designer: Vernon March of Farnborough, Kent, Englan…

The Valiants Memorial

Date: 2006 Initiator: Valiants Foundation, Canadian Heritage, and the Government of Canada Designe…

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