Canadian National War Memorial “The Response”

statue symbolizing the sacrifice of all Canadian Armed Forces personnel who have served Canada in time of war in the cause of peace and freedom.

The memorial is the site of the national Remembrance Day Ceremony on November 11.

in Canada's capital city, Ottawa, Ontario. There are several other commemorative buildings and monuments nearby, including the Peace Tower at the parliament buildings, the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument, the Animals in War Memorial, a Boer War memorial, the Peacekeeping Monument, the Valiants Memorial, and the War of 1812 Monument.

government of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
in 1923.
The opposition supported of the idea but criticized the cost. In response to his opponents,
King said: “When a nation loses what is signified by its art it loses its own spirit, and when it loses
the remembrance of the sacrifices and heroism by which it has gained the liberty it enjoys,
it loses all the vision that makes a people great.”

was rededicated to include the dates of the Second World War 1939-1945 and the Korean War 1950-1953.
Second, on November 11, 2014, the memorial was rededicated to include the dates of the South African War 1899-1902 and the mission in Afghanistan 2001-2014.

to the memorial.