National War Memorial (Canada)

National War Memorial
Monument commémoratif de guerre du Canada

The Response (La Réponse)
Two Ceremonial Guard sentries at the National War Memorial in Ottawa
45°25′26.53″N 75°41′43.79″W / 45.4240361°N 75.6954972°W / 45.4240361; -75.6954972
Location	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Designer	Vernon March
Type	War memorial
Material	Granite, bronze
Length	15.9 metres (52 ft)
Width	8 metres (26 ft)
Height	21.34 metres (70.0 ft)
Opening date	21 May 1939; 85 years ago (21 May 1939)
Dedicated to	Every Canadian killed in battle

The National War Memorial (French: Monument commémoratif de guerre du Canada), titled The Response (French: La Réponse), is a tall, granite memorial arch with accreted bronze sculptures in Ottawa, Ontario, designed by Vernon March and first dedicated by King George VI in 1939. Originally built to commemorate the Canadians who died in the First World War, it was in 1982 rededicated to also include those killed in the Second World War and Korean War and again in 2014 to add the dead from the Second Boer War and War in Afghanistan, as well as all Canadians killed in all conflicts past and future. It now serves as the pre-eminent war memorial^[1] of 76 cenotaphs in Canada.^[2] In 2000, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was added in front of the memorial and symbolizes the sacrifices made by all Canadians who have died or may yet die for their country.