- Title:
- Canadas response : the making and remaking of the National War Memorial
- Creator:
- Ferguson, Malcolm Edward Osler
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Degree Awarded:
- Master of Arts
- Subjects:
- Military National War Memorial War memorials Canadian History
- Geographical Focus:
- Canada Ottawa
- Supporting Materials:
- n/a
- Description:
- In the years following the First World War, the Government of Canada erected a National War Memorial in the capital city of Ottawa. The monument was pre-eminently a commemoration of the service and sacrifices of Canada’s overseas armed forces, but it was also conceived and created as a national project with larger aims emphasising domestic unity and the country’s unique war experience, and presenting a positive and inspiring message to Canadians. The memorial, called The Response to capture Canada’s answer to the call to duty in 1914, was not unveiled until May 1939. After the Second World War, the role and meaning of the monument underwent a remaking. As a result of debates surrounding efforts aimed at another national commemorative war monument in the capital, it became apparent that the National War Memorial had come over the years to represent for Canadians not one war but all of their wars.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Ferguson, Malcolm Edward Osler. 2012. "Canadas response : the making and remaking of the National War Memorial", Department of History, Carleton University
- Link to this page:
- https://cuhistory.github.io/grads/items/hist_91.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Copyright the author, all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.