{"id":2473,"date":"2007-11-12T14:52:13","date_gmt":"2007-11-12T18:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2473"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:06:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:06:18","slug":"a-monument-for-the-campaign-against-terror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/11\/12\/a-monument-for-the-campaign-against-terror\/","title":{"rendered":"A monument for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Campaign Against Terror\u00e2\u20ac\u009d?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.army.dnd.ca\/LF\/images\/6_1\/\/vettoronto_memorial_M.jpg\" alt=\"Veterans Memorial, Queens Park\" \/>There was a lot of press on memorials and remembrance over this November 11 weekend &#8212; among it a mini-tour of unusual war memorials I wrote for Saturday&#8217;s Globe Toronto section.<\/p>\n<p>One thing I discovered doing research for the story didn&#8217;t fit in with the theme of that piece but still seemed like it would be of interest to others: namely, that Queen&#8217;s Park&#8217;s newest monument, the 2006-installed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.army.dnd.ca\/LF\/English\/6_1_1.asp?id=1334\">Veterans&#8217; Memorial<\/a>, lists among its honorees those killed in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Campaign Against Terror.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Though I have respect for all those Canadians that gave their lives in the name of someone else&#8217;s getting better, this wording struck me as peculiar. I didn&#8217;t know that the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Campaign Against Terror\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was considered such an official military operation by the Ontario Government, worthy of listing along with historically recognized conflicts like World War I and II.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Expansion of the idea of sacrifice and conflict is actually one of the worthy goals of this monument. For example, it attempts to atone for past memorial errors that excluded Aboriginal and women soldiers and civilians from recognition by mentioning them specifically. It lists losses from both \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wars\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Peace Missions\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as being worthy of honouring. It also recognizes veterans of the Korean War, who do not have a Toronto memorial to call their own.<\/p>\n<p>So essentially, with its photographic-seeming facade offering a pastiche of images from different wars, peace missions and eras, this monument&#8217;s designed as a kind of catchall for military losses past (from the Fenian Raids onward) and future (there&#8217;s plenty of space left for engraving under both the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wars and Alliances\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Major Peace Missions\u00e2\u20ac\u009d lists). <\/p>\n<p>But I think engraving \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Campaign Against Terror\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as an official Canadian \u00e2\u20ac\u0153war\u00e2\u20ac\u009d worth honouring is a bit too far of an expansion for me. (FYI the Iraqi war and the Afghanistan conflict are already listed separately.) It&#8217;s a perfect example of how public monuments define what is honourable historically, as well as how that official story might conflict with the views of citizens.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Do you condone a Toronto memorial honouring \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Campaign Against Terror\u00e2\u20ac\u009d?<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo of the Veterans Memorial from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.army.dnd.ca\/LF\/English\/6_1_1.asp?id=1334\">Canadian Army<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a lot of press on memorials and remembrance over this November 11 weekend &#8212; among it a mini-tour of unusual war memorials I wrote for Saturday&#8217;s Globe Toronto section. 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