Peacekeeping Monument

Reconciliation: The Peacekeeping Monumentis amonumentinOttawa,the capital of Canada, commemoratingCanada's role in international peacekeepingand the soldiers who have participated and are currently participating, both living and dead.

Peacekeeping Monument

The Peacekeeping Monument, seen from southeast; theNational Gallery of Canadastands in the background
45°25′43.58″N75°41′47.49″W
Location	Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
Designer	Jack Harman Gregory Henriquez Richard Henriquez Cornelia Oberlander
Type	War memorial
Material	Bronze, concrete
Completion date	1992
Dedicated to	Canada's peacekeeping forces

Description

The monument is located inOttawa,between St. Patrick Street and Murray Street, in the centre of the intersection where they meet Mackenzie Avenue andSussex Drive;this places it just south of theNational Gallery of Canadaand just north of theAmerican EmbassyandMajor's Hill Park.ArtistJack Harmanbuilt the three soldiers with architectsRichard HenriquezandGregory Henriquezdesigning the site concept, monument structures and the naming of the monument.Cornelia Oberlanderwas the landscape architect. The monument was completed in 1992.

The work, entitledReconciliation,depicts three peacekeeping soldiers — two men and a woman — standing on two ridges of stone which cut through the broken debris of war and converge at a high point, which symbolizes the resolution which peacekeeping brings. The base of the monument includesLester Pearson's 1956 quote "We need action not only to end the fighting but to make the peace... My own government would be glad to recommend Canadian participation in such aUnited Nationsforce, a truly international peace and police force ", as well as theFrenchtranslation.

In 1995, the monument was commemorated on the year's$1 coin,following the 1994 commemoration of theNational War Memorial.

Gallery

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  Closeup of figures and inscription
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  Another view of the figures
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  Quote fromLester Pearsonon the monument

See also

• Canadian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
• National War Memorial (Canada)
• The Ottawa Memorial

Sources

• Gough, P.J. (2002)‘Invicta Pax’ Monuments, Memorials and Peace; an analysis of the Canadian Peacekeeping Monument, Ottawa,International Journal of Heritage Studies, 8, 3. pp. 201–223, ISSN 1352-7258.