Once the cause of international controversy, Little Italy’s Vietnamese Commemorative Monument memorializes the plight – and symbolizes the success – of Ottawa’s Vietnamese community.
Vietnamese Commemorative Monument
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Archive 1997-2016
Once the cause of international controversy, Little Italy’s Vietnamese Commemorative Monument memorializes the plight – and symbolizes the success – of Ottawa’s Vietnamese community.
At the bustling corner of Elgin and Lisgar streets in downtown Ottawa, Canadians can reflect on the success and suffering of those who fought for human rights.
Amid the busy traffic on Wellington Street and the pedestrians rushing by on their way to and from work, a promise to always remember stands tall and silent just down the street from Parliament Hill.
Just below the Queensway, almost identical brick houses line the quiet Young Street.