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]
Visitor information
War Memorial and Peace Plaza
9797 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton
Alberta
Lat. 53.54142
Long. -113.48671