OTTAWA, Sculptures on Parliament Hill - 1 (2008-09-28)

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Notes:

  1. George Brown (1818-80) memorial - detail
    HILL, George William (1862-1934)
    Brown was one of the Fathers of Confederation
  2. Sir John A. MacDonald memorial (1815-91) - detail
    1895, HÉBERT, Louis-Philippe
    MacDonald was the 1st Prime Minister of Canada (1867-73 and 1878-91)
  3. Thomas Dárcy McGee (1825-68) memorial - detail
    HILL, George William (1862-1934)
    Thomas Dárcy McGee was one of the Fathers of Confederation, He was shot and killed in 1868
  4. Alexander Mackenzie (1822-92) memorial - detail
    1901, HÉBERT, Louis-Philippe
    Alexander Mackenzie was the 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (1873-78)

I found the figures at the base more interesting than the men on the pedestral

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