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Canadian war memorials

Canadian war memorials

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Canadian war memorials are buildings, monuments, and statues that commemorate the armed actions in the territory encompassing modern Canada, the role of the Canadian military in conflicts and peacekeeping operations, and Canadians who died or were injured in a war. Much of this military history of Canada is commemorated today with memorials across the country and around the world. Canadian memorials commemorate the sacrifices made as early as the Seven Years' War to the modern day War on Terror. As Newfoundland was a British Dominion until joining Confederation in 1949, there are several monuments in Newfoundland and Labrador and abroad which were dedicated to Newfoundland servicemen and women.

Ceremonial Guard stand watch over Canada's national memorial, The Response, with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the foreground.

There are currently 6,293 war memorials in Canada registered with the National Inventory of Military Memorials, which is under the Canadian Department of Veterans Affairs.[1] There are also war memorials across the world, some of which are operated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which are dedicated to Canada as well as the Commonwealth members. There currently are 17 in France, six in Belgium, four in the United Kingdom, two in Afghanistan and South Korea, and one each in Egypt, Hong Kong, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Singapore, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.

There are few examples of memorial art created by Indigenous peoples before the late nineteenth century. One of the best-preserved memorials is in Áísínai’pi, or Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, in southern Alberta. This UNESCO World Heritage Site houses an extensive series of small-scale petroglyphs incised on the sandstone bluffs of the Milk River, a number of them dating to thousands of years ago.[2]

War memorials in Canada

Colonial period

There exists a number of memorials commemorating events that occurred prior to Canadian Confederation in 1867. In addition to pre-Confederation war memorials, a number of communities in Ontario also have cannons originating from the Crimean War.[3][4][5] However, these cannons are war trophies gifted to various communities in Upper Canada after the conflict; and do not serve as a memorial. Prior to the twentieth century, Canadian memorials were dedicated to great leaders and victories, not the named deaths of ordinary service personnel.[2]

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North-West Rebellion and the Boer War

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First and Second World Wars

The war memorial sculptors at work in Canada in the years following the First World War include: Emanuel Hahn, George W. Hill, Frank Norbury, Walter Allward, Hamilton MacCarthy, Coeur de Lion MacCarthy, Alfred Howell, Sydney March, Elizabeth Wyn Wood, Henri Hebert, J. Massey Rhind, Hubert Garnier, Nicholas Pirotton, Charles Adamson, Frances Loring, and Ivor Lewis.

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1945 – present

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Generic war memorials

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War memorials overseas

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First World War

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Second World War – present

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Legacy

The 31 paintings of Canadian War Memorials by F.A. (Tex) Dawson were unveiled just outside Currie Hall in the Mackenzie Building at Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston on Wednesday 7 April 2010. Jack Pike, the chairman of the Royal Military College of Canada Museum's board of directors, said they had found a permanent and appropriate home. "We are delighted to have these paintings," he said in front of the assemblage of paintings, each representing a different memorial in a different setting and different seasons. "These are symbolic of sacrifice and remembrance and they do the whole thing so well."[26]

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References

  1. "DHH – Search for a Memorial". veterans.gc.ca. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  2. Brandon, Laura (2021). "Memorials and tributes - War Art in Canada: A Critical History". Art Canada Institute.
  3. "Crimean War Cannon". citywindsor.ca. City of Windsor. 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. "Explained: How a Russian cannon found its way to Queen's Square". Cambridge Times. Metroland Media Group. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  5. "Explore Queen's Park". ola.org. Ontario Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  6. Rob Roberts (3 November 2008). "Coupland's War of 1812 monument tweaks U.S. noses". The National Post. National Post Inc. Retrieved 6 May 2011.[permanent dead link]
  7. "Boer War Memorial & Province House". hmhps.ca. Halifax Military Heritage Preservation Society. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  8. "Boer War Monument". citywindsor.ca. City of Windsor. 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  9. "Central Memorial Park". Archived from the original on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  10. Kavanagh, Sean (14 January 2020). "City of Winnipeg moves forward on policy for changing potentially offensive names of monuments, places". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  11. Jacqueline Hucker. "Monuments of the First and Second World Wars". Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  12. "CANLOAN Monument". canada.ca. Government of Canada. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  13. "Do You Know Why the Saskatoon Cenotaph Was Moved". Sasknow.ca. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  14. "More than 1,000 attend dedication of B.C. Afghanistan Memorial". Times Colonist. Glacier Media. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  15. "Canada Company LAV III Monument". Veteran Affairs Canada. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  16. "Monument to Canadian Fallen (Korean War Monument)". canada.ca. Government of Canada. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  17. "National Artillery Monument". canada.ca. Government of Canada. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  18. "Monument to Canadian Fallen (Korean War Monument)". Public Art and Monuments. Canadian Heritage, Government of Canada. 25 October 2013.

Further reading

  • Brandon, Laura (2021). War Art in Canada: A Critical History. Art Canada Institute. ISBN 9781487102722.
  • Longworth, Philip (1967). The Unending Vigil: a History of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 1917–1967. Constable.
  • Shipley, Robert (1987). To Mark Our Place: A History of Canadian War Memorials. NC Press. ISBN 9781550210149.
  • Wood, Herbert Fairlie; Swettenham, John (1974). Silent Witness. Hakket.[ISBN missing]

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