Commentary
On Nov. 11, Canadians will pause as our governor general, politicians, military personnel, and service families gather in Ottawa for a ceremony of national remembrance. They will assemble in Confederation Square by the giant monument known as “The Great Response of Canada,” which depicts in bronze 22 figures representing every branch of the Armed Forces that served in the Great War—infantry, fliers, nurses, cavalrymen, sappers, sailors, artillerymen, stretcher-bearers, and so on, marching through an arch topped by two winged bronze figures symbolizing Peace and Freedom.
In front of the monument stands a low granite sarcophagus with a sculpted bronze lid. This is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier….