Horse Carrying Canadian Soldier During WWI - Ottawa, Ontario
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N 45° 25.441 W 075° 41.735
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This sculpture of a horse and Canadian soldier during WWI, is located on the Canadian National War Memorial, also known as "The Response." The National War Memorial is located in Confederation Square, on Wellington Street, in Ottawa, Ontario.
Waymark Code: WMYAA2
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/19/2018
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After the First World War, 1914-1918, there was a strong feeling in Canada that a memorial should be built to recognize those who had served their country in that war.
In 1925, a world-wide competition was held to choose a design for a national commemorative war monument to be built in the capital of Canada. It was to be "expressive of the feelings of the Canadian people as a whole, to the memory of those who participated in the Great War and lost their lives in the service of humanity." The competition regulations also stated that the vision which the government wished to keep alive was "the spirit of heroism, the spirit of self-sacrifice, the spirit of all that is noble and great that was exemplified in the lives of those sacrificed in the Great War, and the services rendered by the men and women who went overseas.”
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