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{{short description|War memorial in Ottawa, Canada}}
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|caption       = The Peacekeeping Monument, seen from southeast; the [[National Gallery of Canada]] stands in the background
|location      = [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada
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 |[[Jack Harman (artist)|Jack Harman]]
 |[[Gregory Henriquez]]
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|complete      = 1992
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|dedicated_to  = Canada's peacekeeping forces 
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'''''Reconciliation: The Peacekeeping Monument''''' is a [[monument]] in [[Ottawa]], the capital of Canada, commemorating [[Canadian peacekeeping|Canada's role in international peacekeeping]] and the soldiers who have participated and are currently participating, both living and dead.

==Description==
The monument is located in [[Ottawa]], between St. Patrick Street and Murray Street, in the centre of the intersection where they meet Mackenzie Avenue and [[Sussex Drive]]; this places it just south of the [[National Gallery of Canada]] and just north of the [[Embassy of the United States in Ottawa|American Embassy]] and [[Major's Hill Park]]. Artist [[Jack Harman (artist)|Jack Harman]] built the three soldiers with architects [[Richard Henriquez]] and [[Gregory Henriquez]] designing the site concept, monument  structures and the naming of the monument. [[Cornelia Oberlander]] was the landscape architect. The monument was completed in 1992.

The work, entitled ''Reconciliation'', depicts three peacekeeping soldiers &mdash; two men and a woman &mdash; standing on two ridges of stone which cut through the broken debris of war and converge at a high point, which symbolizes the resolution which peacekeeping brings.  The base of the monument includes [[Lester Pearson]]'s 1956 quote "We need action not only to end the fighting but to make the peace... My own government would be glad to recommend Canadian participation in such a [[United Nations]] force, a truly international peace and police force", as well as the [[French language|French]] translation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2484 |title=Memorial Number: 35061-008 |website=forces.gc.ca |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214095936/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2484 |archive-date=December 14, 2014 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref>

In 1995, the monument was commemorated on the year's [[Loonie|$1 coin]], following the 1994 commemoration of the [[National War Memorial (Canada)|National War Memorial]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Reconciliation- The Peacekeeping Monument, Ottawa.jpg |Closeup of figures and inscription
File:Peacekeeping Monument in Ottawa.JPG |Another view of the figures
File:LPB quote on Peacekeeping Monument.jpg |Quote from [[Lester Pearson]] on the monument
</gallery>

==See also==
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* [[Canadian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]]
* [[National War Memorial (Canada)]]
* [[The Ottawa Memorial]]

==Sources==
* Gough, P.J. (2002) ''‘Invicta Pax’  Monuments, Memorials and Peace ; an analysis of the Canadian Peacekeeping Monument, Ottawa'', International Journal of Heritage Studies, 8, 3. pp.&nbsp;201–223, ISSN 1352-7258.

==References==
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[[Category:Canadian military memorials and cemeteries]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Ottawa]]
[[Category:Military history of Canada]]
[[Category:Peace monuments and memorials]]
[[Category:Outdoor sculptures in Ottawa]]