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The site in Victoria Park, London, Canada.   Fundraising is our primary concern now that the design is complete.   The brass bells have arrived from Royal Eijsbouts Foundry in Holland. We are truly underway.   All eighteen bells are now in London waiting for the Carillon to be built.
  the site
May 2006		  

committee meetings
May 2006

   the bells have arrived
July 16, 2006		   the largest bell
July 2006
The inside of the bell shows how they are turned on a lathe for tuning.   The bells are placed into a rack for testing.   The newly arrived bells are shown to the regional media.   The Carillon's three rings have been fabricated.
  inside of a bell
July 20, 2006		   bells on testing rack
July 20, 2006		   London Media
Conference
July 20, 2006		   one of the
Carillon's rings
July 20, 2006
Mitch, of Abuma Manufacturing works on the stainless steel frame that holds the granite slabs of the ground sculpture or the N - V.   The stainless steel frame nears completion at Abuma Manufacturing.   This frame will be clad with 1 ½ inch thick granite.  
Here you can clearly see the V of the ground sculpture.
  stainless steel frame
for ground sculpture
August 9, 2006		   frame will be clad with
1 ½ inch granite slabs
August 9, 2006		   ground sculpture
is both a V and a N
August 9, 2006		   sculpture floats
on a concrete pad
August 9, 2006
There will be 8 bolts placed into a 6 ft. deep slab of concrete to hold up the carillon.   These bolts will be placed in the foundation to hold up the Carillon tower.   At 1 ½ inches thick these are very thick bolts, as the hand next to it conveys.   Peter Buren marks the ground so that underground service locates can be obtained to start construciton.
  these bolts measure
1 ½ inches thick
August 9, 2006 		  stainless steel bolts
that hold up the Carillon
August 9, 2006		   the bolts are
about 3 ft. long
August 9, 2006		   marking the site
for service locates
August 14, 2006
Peter Twynstra (right) our Project Manager meets with City of London's Julie Michaud and Tony Vandenburg to discuss construction and excavation.   These metal clappers are what sound the bells. They are fired by solenoids that receive a signal from the controlling computer located inside the granite sculpture.   Piet Teunissen has installed the clappers into the bells. He has had to do a lot of work to do this and it's another credit to his talents. Once they are completely ready they will receive mechanical testing by Paul Hogendoorn our OES electrical engineer.   This 2 inch thick metal collar was cut using water. It will be inserted into the foundation and with the above bolts hold up the Carillon.
  meeting with the City
to organize construction
August 14, 2006		   clappers installed
into the bells
August 17, 2006		   bells almost
ready to be tested
August 17, 2006		   metal collar to hold
Carillon on foundation
August 17, 2006
Stainless steel sheets being bent at 240 tons of pressure at Abuma Manufacturing. These form the pole that is part of the Carillon.   There are 6 sections of stainless steel to make the pole aspect of the Carillon. Each section is tapered. This pole will reach a height of almost 8 metres.   Two of the tapered pole sections sit on the shop floor ready to be welded together by Mitch at Abuma.   The arms or spokes that hold up the rings, from where the bells are attached, have been laser cut by Abuma. These pieces must also be welded together leaving a channel for the wiring to reach out to the bells.
  sheets of metal
bent to form Carillon pole
August 17, 2006		   half sections of the pole
at Abuma Manufacturing
August 17, 2006		  

sections ready to be
welded to make pole
August 17, 2006

   the spokes have
been laser cut
August 17, 2006
Tony Vandenburg Construction excavates the soil and digs the hole for the foundations.   This huge dead trunk and its many roots sit in the place where our foundations must go. As if poetry this trunk will be replaced by a permanent steel musical tree.   Buren Concrete Forming begins the construction of the Memorial’s foundation.  
Peter Buren measures Andy Spriet’s engineering plans to place the foundations.
  the excavation
begins
August 21, 2006		   the earth brings
surprises as trunks
August 21, 2006		   the hole - concrete
forming begins
August 21, 2006		   engineers
measurements
August 21, 2006
The foundation for the Carillon is set to a depth of 2.1 metres (7 ft).   The bolts (seen above) have been assembled and welded with a template so as not to come apart. These hold up the Carillon.   The bolt assembly is suspended into the form at grade level, ready for concrete, to complete the Carillon foundation.   Gerard Pas inspects the Carillon foundation. It’s really happening!
  the foundation form
is set into place
August 21, 2006		   bolt assembly
to hold up Carillon
August 21, 2006		   bolt assembly suspended
inside the form
August 21, 2006		   the form is complete
ready for concrete
August 21, 2006
The concrete is poured by hand so as not to disturb Victoria Park lawns or crack its sidewalks with heavy concrete trucks.   Bolt assembly inserted the foundation must now cure so that the tower can be placed onto it.   Jan Maarschalkerweerd, President of Abuma Manufacturing and maker of the Memorial visits the site. Jan speaks with Richard of Buren Concrete Forming about the foundations.   Henk Peeters of Peeters Landscaping, Netherlands Honorary Consul Richard Ter Vrugt (Committee Chairperson), Peter Twynstra (project manager) Julie Michaud City of London Landscape Architect, and Robin Campbell of Stantec Consulting meet to discuss landscaping and project agenda.
  the form is filled
with concrete
August 21, 2006		   the Carillon Foundation finishing touches
August 21, 2006		   Abuma Manufacturing
visits the site
August 22, 2006		   site meeting with
contractors and City
August 22, 2006
The conduit, which connects the bells to the computer hidden inside the granite sculpture and the electrical power supply, is placed into position for the sculpture foundation.   Julie Michaud, City of London Landscape Architect, and Robin Campbell of Stantec Consulting mark the outside limits of the gardens as reference for further site excavation of the topsoil.    The concrete is poured into the forms of the sculpture foundation.   Both foundations are now complete and left to cure so that the Carillon tower and sculpture can be placed by crane onto these foundations.
  conduit is placed for
sculpture foundation
August 22, 2006		   marking off the new
garden parameters
August 22, 2006		   sculpture foundation
concrete is poured
August 22, 2006		   Canadian Veterans
Memorial foundations
August 22, 2006
The spokes and top of the tower have been welded enabling the proper fitting of the rings, which hold the bells.   Looking inside the top of the Carillon’s tower. When installed, this top will be at a height of 8 metres (30 ft.)    A ring is lowered into a cutting machine assuring accuracy before it is welded and placed in the tower.   Looking at the ring being cut inside the mechanical cutter.
  rings are fitted on
the Carillon tower
August 22, 2006		   inside the top
of Carillon tower
August 22, 2006		   a ring is raised
into cutter
August 22, 2006		   cutting a ring
before welding
August 22, 2006
1 ½-inch thick granite is affixed to the stainless steel frame. When completed this will make the sculpture look as though it was fashioned entirely of granite.   The V component of the sculpture is starting to take shape as the granite is applied by Classic Marble Granite & Tile, London.    This computer will be installed within the granite sculpture and control the playing of the bells. It will hold 77 songs and can be controlled and programmed by external remote. The control also has a GPS system if there is a power outage it will reboot and download the current time by satellite.   The first playing of the bells. Piet Teunissen, retired Professor of Engineering at UWO and Paul Hogendoorn of OES Inc. test the bells by playing “O Canada” and “Wilhelmus van Nassouwe”, The Netherlands national anthem. They must now tune the bells for loudness before they are assembled onto the rings.
  1 ½ inch granite
affixed to stainless frame
August 22, 2006		   sculptural component
skinned in granite
August 22, 2006		   inside the computer
that controls bells
August 24, 2006		   the bells play their first
song during testing
August 24, 2006
The base of the foundation is welded onto section 3 of the pole. This will be placed on the foundation already in Victoria Park.   Abuma Manufacturing now prepares the rings so that the bells can be attached. This requires a great deal of machining. Here a ring is drilled; because the ring is stainless steel it is an arduous task on man and machine.   With the base section being welded last, the top and middle sections have been welded together. When all three sections of the tower are welded it will reach a height of 8 metres; making it tall even for the factory.    Looking up the length of two sections of the tower one can almost imagine it transformed into the Carillon.
  base of the
tower
August 24, 2006		   rings machined
and prepped for bells
August 24, 2006		  

sections of tower
are welded together
August 24, 2006

   looking down two
sections of tower
August 24, 2006
Here you see the form of the leaves, which will spiral up or down the length of the pole. This will be the smallest leaf.   Yesterday the final excavation of the gardens, which straddle both sides of the sidewalk, was completed. Construction materials were removed from the site and surrounding grounds were brought back to grade.  
 The site is now safety fenced and awaits the electrical power supplies to be installed into the conduits. The site will then lay dormant until the various Carillon and sculptural components are installed in 2 weeks time.
   Even though we have made every effort to not damage the surroundings of Victoria Park, our heavy trucks have still left a scar on the landscape. We will repair all the damage that we have done once the Memorial is completely in place.
  discussing leaf sizes
handful of examples
August 24, 2006		   the site was further
excavated and cleaned
August 24, 2006		   site now sits
dormant
August 24, 2006		   scars from our
work on the park
August 24, 2006
The entire pole has been sand blasted with a metal contaminated sand that pits the surface of the steel.   The results of sand blasting leave the pole a muted grey and will allow it to discolour in its environment with time.    Gerard Pas’ signature PaS has been welded onto the base of the pole just above ground level.   Gerard asked Jan Maarschalkerweerd to include his signature at the base of the tower; JMM. Jan Maars owner of Abuma Manufacturing built the Carillon, helped and assisted Gerard in applying the rules of engineering to his design. Theory and Praxis.
  the tower has
been sand blasted
August 31, 2006		   tower is now
a muted grey
August 31, 2006		   the artist / designer
signature applied
August 31, 2006		   artist and builder
signatures
August 31, 2006
These laser cut maple leaves have been welded onto the pole in a spiral form going up and down the pole.   All of the workers who helped build the pole at Abuma Manufacturing have placed their initials or names on the many leaves of the pole. As these leaves will be at a height of more than 3 metres these initials will not be visible from the ground but they will know they are there.  
The rings that hold the bells have been treated with the same sand blasting procedure also making them muted in colour and no longer shinny.
   Hans Moonen of the Veterans Memorial Committee helps Reggie of Classic Marble Granite & Tile place a wooden mock up of the dedication stone onto the sculpture.
  maple leaves
are attached
August 31, 2006		   workers
signatures
August 31, 2006		   rings have also
been sand blasted
August 31, 2006		   Memorial sculpture
nears completion
August 31, 2006
The entire surface of the Memorial Sculpture has been clad in two colours of granite, a dark grey, and a black.   The sculpture makes a broken N for the Netherlands after WW2. It consists of 2 sections a black V with the dedication stone making the N.   The V has VICTORY etched into it. This V conveys that from the broken (the N) there can still be healing and inevitably victory.   Piet and Rinette Teunissen hold up the dedication stone top with Reggie Bernardo, owner of Classic Marble Granite & Tile, who did the granite work.
  sculpture is almost
all clad in granite
August 31, 2006		   transecting
V and N
August 31, 2006		   "victory" engraved
into the granite V
August 31, 2006		   top of the
dedication stone
August 31, 2006
A detail of the dedication stone shows the locations of the grave sites of Canadian Soldiers still laying in Dutch and Belgian soil.
   Paul Hogendoorn of OES Inc. begins the task of wiring the Carillon.   The Carillon must be wired to the bells and the controller inside the sculpture.    The Carillon tower will be transported with one complete ring attached. The other two rings and bells will be assembled on site.
  detail from the
dedication stone
August 31, 2006		   Carillon begins
assembly - wiring
September 7, 2006		   wires pulled through
tower and rings
September 7, 2006		   Carillon final assembly
before transport
September 7, 20062006
The bells are attached after the wiring has been pulled through the rings.   Piet Teunissen and Roel DeVries attach the bells, finials and finish the bell wiring on the rings of the Carillon.   The brass finials or top caps where turned at the University of Western Ontario Engineering Department. London, Canada.   Once the bells have been attached, these two rings will be transported separately and assembled on to the tower at the site.
  bells attached to rings
with brass finials
September 7, 20062006		   bells being attached
to the rings and wired
September 7, 2006		   bells with their
brass finial caps
September 7, 20062006		   Carillon rings
readied for transport
September 7, 2006
The Memorial sculpture has returned to Abuma Manufacturing where it will have the computers and wiring installed before transport.   Something that few of us will see again, the underbelly of the Memorial sculpture stainless steel frame, as it will be buried in the earth.   The Memorials three components arrive at Victoria Park on the back of a large transport truck. Streets are blocked by the police allowing the heavy trucks to enter the park.  
Cameron Crane of London generously provides a 40-ton crane to lift the heavy components into place.
  Memorial sculpture
completed awaiting wiring
September 7, 2006		   underside of
Memorial sculpture
September 7, 2006		   Memorials components
arrive at the park
September 11, 2006		   crane used to lift the components arrives
September 11, 2006
The components are lifted from the transport by Cameron Crane and placed on the ground.   With the tower now on site the second ring complete with bells is attached before lifting it to the Memorial site.   Before affixing the second ring the bells wires must be fished and attached inside the tower. The second ring is then attached to the spokes of the tower.  
Various members of the Veterans Memorial Committee, spouses, and friends stand nearby watching the progress of installation at the site.
  Carillon tower is lifted
from the truck
September 11, 2006		   second ring with bells
is attached on site
September 11, 2006		   the wires are pulled
and 2nd ring is fixed
September 11, 2006		   committee members
watch the installation
September 11, 2006
With the second middle ring in place the tower is now lifted and ready to be carried to its permanent location in Victoria Park.   The Carillon tower is now slowly lifted by Cameron Crane to its foundation nearby. It is being guided on the ground by workers from Excellent Signs and Displays.   The Carillon is now slowly lowered onto its concrete foundation in Victoria Park.  
From right to left Piet Teunissen (red hat), Jan Maarschalkerweerd, Peter Twynstra (foreground), Peter Buren, and a worker from Excellent Signs and Displays bolt and anchor down the Carillon to its foundation.
  the tower is risen
to be placed
September 11, 2006		   the tower is carried
to its foundation
September 11, 2006		   the tower is
lowered into position
September 11, 2006		   the tower is fixed
to its foundation
September 11, 2006
A worker from Excellent Signs and Displays receives the final top ring lowered by Cameron Crane on to the Carillon.   A worker from Excellent Signs and Displays fixes the final ring with bells onto the top spokes of the Carillon.   Reggie Bernardo (centre) of Classic Marble, Granite and Tile, attaches the straps to the granite sculpture so that the crane can lift it into place on its concrete foundation.   Reggie Bernardo (centre) of Classic Marble, Granite, and Tile removes the cranes straps completing the installation of the sculpture. Peter Twynstra, Roel DeVries, and Paul Hogendoorn watch on.
  the third ring is
lowered onto the tower
September 11, 2006		   the 3rd ring
is fixed in place
September 11, 2006		   the granite sculpture
is moved to foundation
September 11, 2006		   the sculpture is seated
on foundation
September 11, 2006
The Liberation Sculpture now sits on its final resting place. The computers must still be installed within it and wired to the Memorial Carillon before it is complete.   Bert Vanderweyst, founder of Excellent Signs and Displays and member of the Veterans Committee, inspects the sculpture to make sure it is properly aligned with the Cenotaph.   Gerard was living and working in New York City in 1999-2001. He experienced, first hand, the after-effects of the September 11th 2001 tragedy. “I hope that this memorial will remind us that evil can be overcome, and the lives it cost have intrinsic value in that fight, as did the life’s of young Canadians who died liberating Holland from the Nazi’s.”   City of London electrical sub-contractors place foundations for the lighting that will illuminate the Memorial.
  Memorial sculpture
in it's final place
September 11, 2006		   Bert Van Der Weyst
checks final alignment
September 11, 2006		   a different perspective
on 9/11
September 11, 2006		   electricians place
lighting foundations
September 11, 2006
Paul Hogendoorn of OES Inc. climbs the tower and finalizes the electrical wiring for the carillon.   Robin Campbell of Stantec Consulting marks where the sidewalks will be poured. Buren Concrete Forming workers begin to make the concrete forms for the Memorials sidewalks.   A worker from Buren Concrete Forming starts to trowel the freshly poured concrete of the sidewalk in front of the Memorial.   Buren Concrete Forming puts the finishing touches on the sidewalk.
  final wiring in the tower
is completed
September 11, 2006		   walkways are marked
for concrete forming
September 11, 2006		   concrete is poured
for the sidewalks
September 11, 2006		   the site is beginning
to look complete
September 11, 2006
Angus McLennan and his now deceased wife Mabe donated the funds, which made the original Veterans Memorial Gardens in Victoria Park. Our project has been added to their generous and beautiful gardens to compliment both the Cenotaph and honour Canada’s Military. Here Angus watches the progress of the installation.   The Carillon now waits for finishing electrical details and site tuning by Royal Eijsbouts Bell Foundry of the Netherlands before it is ready to play at the grand unveiling on September 22nd, 2006.   Royal Eijsbouts Bell Foundry technician Ricus Thijssen, of the Netherlands, discusses bell tuning with Sandra Young Tangjerd who plays the bells on a midi keyboard.   Bert Van Der Weyst, Piet Teunissen, Roel DeVries, Peter Twynstra and Richard TerVrugt postulate “Just how many Dutchmen does it take to tune a bell?”
  Angus McLennan
investigates progress
September 11, 2006		   the Carillon now
waits to be played
September 11, 2006		   Carillon Bells
are tuned on site
September 14, 2006		   committee members
discuss bell tuning
September 14, 2006
Ricus Thijssen of Royal Eijsbouts Bell Foundry goes up adjusts and tunes each bell by hand until they are perfect.   Ricus Thijssen of Royal Eijsbouts Bell Foundry checks each bell individually and as a piano tuner makes each bell sound the right pitch and volume.   Ricus Thijssen and Sandra Young Tangjerd discuss final tonal adjustments for the Carillon bells.   Ricus Thijssen goes back up and tunes all the bells for their final time after listening to the bells from far and near.
  a damp cold fall day
for tuning the bells
September 14, 2006		   Royal Eijsbouts send a technician to tune bells
September 14, 2006		   final tuning tweaks
are discussed
September 14, 2006		   up they go again for
final bell adjustments
September 14, 2006
City of London staffers learn about the controlling computer and software, which controls the Carillon as the City of London will take control of the Carillon after September 22nd, 2006.   Buren Concrete Forming pours and completes the finishing touches of the Memorial walkways.   City of London, Parks Department staff returns fresh topsoil to the fill the excavated site and prepare for landscaping the gardens.   All the flowerbeds are filled with new soil kindly provided by the City of London Parks Dept..
 

City staffers learn
Carillon hard / software
September 14, 2006

   concrete work is
finalized on walkways
September 14, 2006		   new topsoil returned
to the site
September 18, 2006		   soil is leveled & rolled
for landscaping
September 18, 2006
Peeters Landscaping begins the task of placing all the plantings, planting, and rolling grass sods in the areas damaged by construction to the site. Baseline Nursery has very kindly donated much of the material for landscaping this project.   First, all the plantings must be marked out according to the official plan redrawn from Gerard’s plans by Stantec Consulting for the City of London.   Once all the plant locations have been established, Peeters Landscaping can begin the planting of shrubs, greenery, and flowers.   The entire gardens are covered in an aromatic mulch of cedar bark before tulip bulbs and greenery can be put in the ground.
  landscaping begins
in the gardens
September 19, 2006		   plants are layed out
for planting
September 19, 2006		   plant layout is
completed
September 19, 2006		   gardens are top
mulched with cedar bark
September 19, 2006
The sculptural component of the Memorial starts to look more at home in the earth than on its concrete foundation hidden underneath.   Larry, of Peeters Landscaping finishes the planting by digging in the orange Tulip bulbs and Periwinkle through the cedar mulch. This must be done last, as otherwise the mulch would bury these plants.   Robin Campbell of Stantec Consulting goes over the final plantings with Larry of Peeters Landscaping.   Theresa a City Parks employee responsible for working at Victoria Park takes mulch to fill in gaps in surrounding beds so that all looks good for the formal unveiling.
  the gardens
near completion
September 19, 2006		   orange Tulip bulbs and
Periwinkles are planted
September 20, 2006		   the gardens are
given final inspection
September 20, 2006		   finishing touches to
surrounding gardens
September 20, 2006
Bert VanDer Weyst, Julie and Roel DeVries, Piet Teunissen, come to check last minute details before the formal unveiling on September 22, 2006.   Fred of OES Inc. makes last checks and inputs final song selection into the Carillon’s computer before the formal unveiling on September 22, 2006.   The walkways and grounds are cleaned before the formal unveiling on September 22, 2006.   All is ready for the Dedication, Unveiling, and Formal Ceremonies on September 22nd, 2006 at 11:00 am in Victoria Park.
  committee members
view last details
September 21, 2006		   final song selection
is input into the Carillon
September 21, 2006		   the site is cleaned for
the unveiling ceremony
September 21, 2006		   all is ready for the
final ceremony
September 21, 2006
 
The official presentation and unveiling Ceremony of the Memorial at Victoria Park, London Canada   
  Presentation of The Canadian Veterans Memorial
in Victoria Park, London, Canada.
September 22, 2006
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in full dress garb attend the formal presentation.   Gerard Pas talks about what inspired his design of the Memorial.   Four WW2 vintage Harvard aircraft flown by the Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association fly over the ceremony in a diamond formation returning a few minutes later in the “Missing Man” formation.   Members of the Royal Canadian Legion Colour Guard provide Flag Standards for the Memorial presentation.
  Royal Canadian
Mounted Police
September 22, 2006		   Gerard Pas
speaks about design
September 22, 2006		   Fly over during
the ceremony
September 22, 2006		   Royal Canadian Legion
Colour Guard
September 22, 2006
Art Stenning and Bob Walsh assisted this project from its inception they are present as WWII veterans to receive the Memorial gift.   Her Worship Anne Marie DeCicco-Best Mayor of London, talks to some of the WWII veterans in attendance.   Concept originator Piet Teunissen and builder Jan Maarshalkerweerd of Abuma Manufacturing watch the proceedings.   Municipal politicians Bernie Macdonald, Ward 3 Councilor, and City Controller W. Russ Monteith are in attendance for this event.
  WW2 Vets accept
the Memorial gift
September 22, 2006		   London Mayor
talks with Vets
September 22, 2006		  

Concept originator
and builder
September 22, 2006

   Municipal Politicians
are present
September 22, 2006
Netherlands Consul in Toronto Astrid de Vries, Head of Economic and Cultural Affairs, and Honorary Consul Irene Bakker in Calgary remove the shroud for the unveiling of the Memorial   Netherlands Defence Attaché Lieutenant-Colonel Henri Schevers removes the shroud unveiling the brass plaque acknowledging Committee Members and special donors to this project.   The Reverend F. Mantz dedicates the invocation and blesses the Memorial.   Our Dutch “Silver Mother” Jeanne Valkenier places a wreath at the Memorial.
  Dutch Officials
unveil Memorial
September 22, 2006		   Dutch Officials
unveil plaque
September 22, 2006		   The Memorial is
blessed
September 22, 2006		   Dutch "Silver Mother"
lays a wreath
September 22, 2006
Three generations of Togtema family place a wreath at the memorial.   Art Stenning, Bob Walsh WWII Vets and Legion Commander David Diggs lay a wreath at the Memorial.   Netherlands Defence Attaché Lieutenant-Colonel Henri Schevers representing the Netherlands Government watches the wreath laying.   Federal Conservative member Bev Shipley, Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, stands next to City Controller Russ Monteith and Committee Chairperson Dutch Consul Sir Richard Ter Vrugt, before making a speech on behave of the Canadian Government.
  3 generations of
Dutch immigrants
September 22, 2006		   World War 2 Vets
lay wreath
September 22, 2006		   Netherlands Military
watches presentation
September 22, 2006		   Federal Politician
makes speech
September 22, 2006
Members of the Dutch Klompen Dancers hand out boutonnieres to the veterans present.   Charlie Fox, , a Spitfire pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force, who on July 17th, 1944, was the flyer responsible for knocking out Erwin Rommel's, the "Desert Fox", staff car, wounding the German Field Marshall and landing him in the hospital. This incident ended up giving a significant advantage to the Allies in the ensuing Battle of Normandy.   Her Worship Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best addresses the public taking controls of the carillon for the City of London and thanking the crowds.   Chris Bentley, Minister for Training, Colleges and Universities in Ontario, thanks the crowd on behave of the Provincial Government.
  Dutch hand out
flowers to Vets
September 22, 2006		   WW2 flying ace
talks to the crowd
September 22, 2006		   The Mayor of London
addresses public
September 22, 2006		   Provincial Politician
makes speech
September 22, 2006
Her Worship Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best Mayor of London speaks with Project Co-coordinator Peter Twynstra.   City Controller Gord Hume stands by and watches the Memorial dedication.   Many young people born to Baby Boom adults are also in attendance for this formal event.   The artists wife Maria Abusow-Pas stands to the sidelines while Gerard Pas speaks to the public.
  Mayor talks with
Committee member
September 22, 2006		   Municipal Politicians
watch on
September 22, 2006		   young spectators
also in attendance
September 22, 2006		   the artists wife
and patron
September 22, 2006
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"Canadian Veterans Memorial" | Liberation Sculpture - Carillon Memorial (2006)
 a visual calendar on the progress and development of this project


The above images represent a calendar showing the progress of work and developments on the Canadian Veterans Memorial - Victoria Park, London, Canada.

This memorial was given as a gift from the Dutch Community as an expression of thanks to Canada and its Armed Forces, for their role in the liberation of Holland and Belgium during World War II. It was presented to the World War 2 Veterans and the City of London on September 22, 2006 at 11:00 am EST.
The memorial carillon was erected in Victoria Park, adjacent to the Veterans' Garden and Cenotaph. It is linked to a granite monument showing the locations of Canadian Forces cemeteries in Holland and Belgium where 6700 Canadian WW2 graves are located.

Questions relating to this project, i.e. cd-rom, printed or other materials, use and copyright of these images should be addressed to memorial@gerardpas.com

Gerard PaS - London, Canada. 2006

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