Ontario Veterans Memorial
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Ontario Veterans War Memorial is a 30 metre (100-foot-long) granite wall located on the front south lawn of Queen's Park (Toronto) in Toronto, Ontario. The wall was designed by Allan Harding MacKay and landscape architectural firm Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg. Besides photos, the wall has inscriptions from author Jane Urquhart and military historian Jack Granatstein. The wall was advocated for by the Veterans’ Memorial Advisory Committee under the leadership of retired Major-General Richard Rohmer.
The wall was completed in 2006 and was officially unveiled on November 11, 2006, Remembrance Day. It depicts war scenes were Canadians have been involved since 1867 starting with the Fenian raids. The most recent conflict listed is the Global War on Terror.
[edit] See also
- Canadian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Ottawa, Ontario
- National War Memorial (Canada) - Ottawa, Ontario
- Brock's Monument - Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
- The Ottawa Memorial - Ottawa, Ontario
- Peacekeeping Monument - Ottawa, Ontario
- Old City Hall Cenotaph, Toronto - Toronto, Ontario
- Korean War Memorial Wall (Canada) - Brampton, Ontario
- South African War Memorial (Toronto) - Toronto, Ontario
