Ottawa, which is the capital of Canada and the fourth largest city in the country located in the extreme southeast of the province of OntarioOn the banks of the Ottawa River, it has many historical monuments.
One of them is The Valiant Memorial, which is a collection of nine busts and five statues and a large wall bronze inscription that reads: "No day will erase you from the memory of time" (in Latin: "Nulla dies umquam Memori vos eximet AEVO"), by La Aeneid of Virgil.
The Memorial Valiants reminds us of how the war has had a profound influence on the evolution of Canada. The fourteen individuals featured in the memorial are celebrated for their personal contributions, but they also represent critical moments in our military history.
Presented together, they become a kind of quiz from the past, showing how certain turning points in military history contributed to the construction of Canada. The monument is intended to recognize and honor the role that military participation, and the men and women who have contributed to that participation, have had in nation-building.
The following are the fourteen Valiant and the era they represent.
French regime (1534-1763)
Count of Frontenac
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Thayendangea (Joseph Brant)
Lieutenant Colonel John Butler
War of 1812 (1812-1814)
General Sir Isaac Brock, K.C.B.
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles-Michel d'Irumberry of Salaberry, CB
Laura Secord, EU
World War I (1914-1918)
Matron Papa Georgina, the CRR
Sir Arthur Currie General, GCMG, KCB, VD
Corporal José VC Kaeble, MM
World War II (1939-1945)
Hampton Lieutenant Gray, VC, DSC
Captain Thomas John Wallace, CBE
Major Pablo Triquet, VC
Official Pilot of Mynarski Andrés, VC
Artists and date of manufacture
Moore Marlene Hilton and John McEwen, 2006
Owner: National Capital Commission
Location
Northeast corner of Confederation Square, site of the National War Memorial, at the corner of Elgin and Wellington streets, Ottawa.