The Valiants Memorial
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Date: 2006
Initiator: Valiants Foundation, Canadian Heritage, and the Government of Canada
Designer: Marlene Hilton Moore and John McEwen
Commemoration: Fourteen single figures and their role in the following periods of Canada's military history: the French Regime, the American Revolution, The War of 1812, and the First and Second World Wars.
Notable Fact: Sculptor Marlene Hilton Moore invented a unique sculpture process that included body casts, using clothing as templates, traditional wax, carving of each portrait in clay to achieve a realistic interpretation.
