War Memorial and Peace Plaza

The Edmonton Convention Centre is the site of a special War Memorial and Peace Plaza, constructed in 1987. The Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans’ Association constructed the commemorative plaza, complete with stone markers to honour Edmonton and area soldiers, sailors and airmen who died the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. The principal features of the memorial are an ornamental peace-plaza sign, an eternal flame and bronze commemorative plaques.

Inscription

[first plaque/première plaque]
ANA VETS PEACE PARK

OFFICIALLY OPENED BY

THE HONOURABLE GEORGE HEES, PC, MP
MINISTER OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

HIS WORSHIP LAURENCE G. DECORE
MAYOR OF EDMONTON

K. KARASIN, DOMINION PRESIDENT
ARMY, NAVY & AIRFORCE VETERANS IN CANADA

JULY 18, 1988

[second plaque/deuxième plaque]
“REMEMBER AND LEARN”
THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY
OF THOSE CITIZENS OF EDMONTON WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II AND
THE KOREAN CAMPAIGN

“FREEDOM IS A PRIVILEGE”

ARMY, NAVY & AIRFORCE VETERANS IN CANADA
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL UNIT 3

1988 EXECUTIVE
PRESIDENT W. COOK
1ST VICE PRESIDENT C. BURKE
2ND VICE PRESIDENT K. PLANIDIN
PAST PRESIDENT P.W. THURSTON
SECRETARY-MANAGER J. RYBAK

1988 LADIES AUXILIARY
PRESIDENT J. BENESOCKY
1ST VICE PRESIDENT N. MORRISON
2ND VICE PRESIDENT H. POST
PAST PRESIDENT P. WIGHTMORE

EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
G. HARASIM
J. GERMAIN
D. ARGALL
W. REYNOLDS
D.S. TURNER
A. STEWART

EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
O. HARRIS
J. MC CLELLAND
J. BIGGAR
A. LARSEN
J. BENESOCKY
A. RECHLO

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIRMAN A. BLANCHINI
VICE CHAIRMAN C.J.G. MC KNIGHT
C. PORTICE
L. WORRELL
D. ANDERSON

ANTHONY T. HUTTON ARCHITECT
JULY 18, 1988

[the lists of names are not clear in the photos/les listes de noms ne sont pas claires sur la photo]

Un monument aux morts et une place de la paix, aménagés en 1987, se trouvent au centre des congrès d’Edmonton. L’Association des Anciens combattants de l’armée, de la marine et des forces aériennes au Canada a aménagé cette place commémorative comprenant des bornes de pierre en l’honneur des soldats, des marins et des aviateurs d’Edmonton et de la région qui ont perdu la vie pendant les Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales et la guerre de Corée. Le mémorial se compose notamment d’une enseigne marquant l’emplacement de la place de la paix, d’une flamme perpétuelle et de plaques commémoratives en bronze.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.