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It is located 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 American Embassy and Major's Hill Park . The work, entitled ''Reconciliation'', depicts three peacekeeping soldiers - two men and a woman - 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 translation. |
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