Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial
Posted Aug 29, 2011 04:26:54 PM.
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Trenton’s Mayor John Williams has announced a nation-wide campaign to raise $1.5million by September 2011 for the creation of an Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial.
It will honour the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces who were killed while serving in Afghanistan.
The monument will be created and funded by Canadians for Canadians and will be unveiled Spring 2012.
It will be located near Canada’s largest Air Force base in Trenton, not far from where Canadian repatriation ceremonies occur and at the beginning of our fallen soldiers’ journey along the Highway of Heroes.”
157 Canadian service members have fallen to date in the Afghanistan conflict.
Donations can be made online at www.afghanistanmemorial.ca or by mailing a cheque made out to: The Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial Fund. PO Box 490 Trenton, Quinte West, Ontario K8V 5R6.
