The Afghanistan Soldier - Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada
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A sculpture of a Royal Newfoundland Regiment Soldier on patrol in Afghanistan is located in City Hall Plaza, Main and West Streets, in Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
Waymark Code: WMX1GC
Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Date Posted: 11/13/2017
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A sculpture of a soldier on patrol in Afghanistan honors all those who have volunteered, wounded of died while serving. The life size bronze sculpture depicts a soldier of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. He is standing on a bronze plinth on a square granite base in which is embedded two forget-me-not flowers. The soldier is shown in full combat dress. He is wearing a helmet, protective jacket, trousers and combat boots. He is holding the barrel of an an automatic weapon in his left hand and has his right hand near the trigger of the weapon. This realistic depiction a Royal Newfoundland Regiment Soldier on patrol in Afghanistan was created by Morgan MacDonald in 2012.
A bronze plaque attached to the base of a nearby flagpole is inscribed:
FORGET ME NOT
THE
AFGHANISTAN
SOLDIER
THE MODERN ROYAL NEWFOUNDLAND REGIMENT SOLDIER'S INSPIRATION COMES
FROM ALL NEWFOUNDLAND SOLDIERS THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED, WERE WOUNDED
OF DIED WHILE SERVING. THIS MONUMENT PORTRAYS AN INFANTRY SOLDIER
ON PATROL IN AFGHANISTAN
BY COMMEMORATING THEIR SELFLESS ACTS OF SERVITUDE THE CITIZENS OF CORNER
BROOK SAY THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS AND
REPRESENTING YOUR COUNTRY PROUDLY AT HOME AND OVERSEAS. TO THE FAMILIES
OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES WHILE SERVING, WE THANK YOU. THESE
MONUMENTS ARE FOR YOU SO YOU WILL KNOW THAT WE, THE PEOPLE, WILL NEVER
FORGET THEIR SACRIFICES.
LEST WE FORGET
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: The Afghanistan Soldier
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Morgan MacDonald
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 2012
Materials used: Bronze sculpture and plinth; granite base
Location: Corner Brook City Hall Plaza
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