Sculpture commémorative

[front, plaque/devant, plaque]

THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO
SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN WORLD BATTLE AND CONFLICTS,
AND IN THE CARRYING OUT OF OTHER DUTIES RELATED TO THE
PRESERVATION OF PLACES AND ORDER TO ALL HUMANITY.

ERECTED BY ARMY, NAVY AND AIRFORCE VETERANS IN CANADA UNIT #222, INCORPORATED, CANADA, COMMEMORATES THE 150 ANNIVERSARY OF THE DOMINION ASSOCIATION DATED MAY 1990.

[back, plaque/arrière, plaque]

THE CRADLED TEAR

THE MEMORIAL IS IN THE SHAPE OF A HUMAN TEAR DROP
REPRESENTING THE TEARS SHED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD FOR
LIVES LOST IN HUMAN CONFLICT. THE EDGES OF THE MEMORIAL
AND BASE ARE "ROCK PITCH" (ROUGH FINISH) REPRESENTING THE
HARSHNESS OF WAR AND CONFLICT. THE TEAR HAS BEEN GENTLY
CRADLED IN A GRANITE BASE REPRESENTING A "TEAR CRADLED/SUSPENDED IN PEACE". THE DOVE HOLDING AN OLIVE BRANCH IS
NOTED AT THE TOP OF THE MEMORIAL REPRESENTING THE SYMBOL
"DOVE OF PEACE" IN ITS FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD.

THE WORLD GLOBE IS GENTLY BUT FRAGILELY RESTING ON ITS
AXIS AND IS SUSPENDED IN TIME. IT CONTAINS THE CONTINENTS
DEPICTING THE FACT THAT BATTLES AND CONFLICTS HAVE EXISTED
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF LIVES AND
MANY TEARS BEING SHED. WORLD HUMANITY IS REFLECTED AS MAN,
WOMAN AND CHILD DEPICTING THE FAMILIES OF THE WORLD PRAYING
FOR PEACE. THIS MEMORIAL SHOWS HOW VERY FRAGILE PEACE AND
LIFE IS.

THE BASE OF THE MEMORIAL CONTAINS THE CRESTS OF OUR ARMY,
NAVY AND AIRFORCE ETCHED IN GLOBAL DISCS REPRESENTING
MEMBERS WHO CARRIED OUT THEIR DUTIES IN THE BATTLES OR
CONFLICTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO ENSURE WORLD PEACE. THE
COMBINED CREST IS THAT OF THE ARMY, NAVY, AIRFORCE VETERANS
ASSOCIATION (ANA VETS) WHO COMMISSIONED THIS MEMORIAL.