Mount Forest Royal Canadian Legion Mural

Cliff Smith was commissioned by Royal Canadian Legion Captain Fred Campbell VC Branch 134 in Mount Forest to produce a mural in 2016. The fourteen piece mural depicting the history of Canada’s participation in various battles and wars from the First World War to the modern conflict in Afghanistan. The artwork also has local history intertwined. The mural features the Victoria Cross in recognition of two Mount Forest soldiers who earned the highest medal of distinction in the Commonwealth and British Territories. The piece also features tanks and warplanes that were made in Canada. The Mount Forest Legion received a $2,500 Public Art Grant from the Community Improvement Program Financial Incentive Program offered by the Township of Wellington North.

Panels feature battle scenes, tanks and planes made in Canada, battleships and a ship made in Newfoundland before it joined Confederation. In the final panel a solider is seemingly stepping right out of the mural. “I decided to break it into sections,” Smith said, “using piping as black lines to ‘flow’ the piece together.” He began the mural in January, completing it in May 2016. It completely fills the wall of the Legion on King Street West.

Cliff Smith was commissioned by Royal Canadian Legion Captain Fred Campbell VC Branch 134 in Mount Forest to produce a mural in 2016. The fourteen piece mural depicting the history of Canada’s participation in various battles and wars from the First World War to the modern conflict in Afghanistan. The artwork also has local history intertwined. The mural features the Victoria Cross in recognition of two Mount Forest soldiers who earned the highest medal of distinction in the Commonwealth and British Territories. The piece also features tanks and warplanes that were made in Canada. The Mount Forest Legion received a $2,500 Public Art Grant from the Community Improvement Program Financial Incentive Program offered by the Township of Wellington North.

Panels feature battle scenes, tanks and planes made in Canada, battleships and a ship made in Newfoundland before it joined Confederation. In the final panel a solider is seemingly stepping right out of the mural. “I decided to break it into sections,” Smith said, “using piping as black lines to ‘flow’ the piece together.” He began the mural in January, completing it in May 2016. It completely fills the wall of the Legion on King Street West.