Two new pedestals unveiled at Victoria Park Cenotaph
Lieutenant Governor Bernadette McIntyre, Saskatchewan Military Liaison Blaine McLeod, and Royal United Services Institute President Brad Hrycyna were on hand to unveil the pedestals, which are meant to honour Canada's Second World War military engagement in the Normandy Campaign and in the Battle of the Scheldt.
The Royal United Services Institute has been installing historic pedestals since November of 2020, and this now brings the number of pedestals surrounding the cenotaph to 34.
'The impetus of the whole project was the fact that we don't have those veterans among us anymore, almost all of them are gone. There's a handful still in Saskatchewan. These are people when I was in school would come and tell us about the horrors of the war and why it should never be repeated,' Hrycyna said.
'Saskatchewan people played an important role in the Normandy Campaign in France and the Battle of the Scheldt in Holland. These are stories that make our nation what it is today, and it is vital that we keep sharing those stories with each new generation,' he added.
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