Ed Widenmaier is a founding father of the Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Association and he worked with others to have a stone with a plaque placed in front of the municipal hall on Mount Newton Cross Road. It was used as a wreath laying site for local Remembrance Day ceremonies.
Since 2001, Ed and a team worked hard to replace the stone with a proper cenotaph. On 2 November 2015 the District of Central Saanich approved a new location for the cenotaph to be in Centennial Park. In 2018, The Peacekeepers memorial was moved to its current location.
