C Canada's National War Memorial, opened in 1939 by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, stands on the Confederation Square, in Ottawa. It took 13 years to build this work by Vernon March. Twenty-two figures representing the infantry, artillery, aviation, nurses, cavalry, maintenance services, lumberjacks and the marina they cross a triumphal arch.
Some allegorical figures representing the peace and freedom They go up the arch. It was originally built to pay homage to the sacrifices of those who served during the First World War, but in 1982 the dates of the Second World War and the Korean War. In 2000, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was added to the base of the monument. This is where every year, on November 11, the Remembrance Day ceremony takes place.
La Peace Tower on Parliament Hill, which is visible from the memorial, was completed in 1927 as a war memorial, after a fire destroyed the Canadian Parliament in 1916. The Chapel of Remembrance At the foot of the tower houses the Books of Remembrance, commemorating all Canadians who died in uniform since the Confederacy.