Archive 1997-2016
It is on the corner of Elgin and Wellington where we see the story of Major Paul Triquet, one of the last Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross. The award represents “an act of valour or self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty in the face of the enemy.”
Built in 1832, Christ Church Cathedral is one of the oldest churches in Ottawa.
Facing the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Captain John Wallace Thomas seems to be staring down at something, or someone, slightly to his left. His is the only bust on that rail of the Valiants Memorial with a small tilt on the head.
At the Valiants Memorial off of Wellington Street by Parliament’s East Block, a statue of Laura Secord stands amongst that of 13 others – heroes, all of them.