A national memorial commemorating Canada's mission in Afghanistan will be on display at the Vancouver Convention Centre next week, from July 29 to Aug. 2.
The memorial is a movable structure made up of 192 plaques representing the 204 people who died during the various deployments in Afghanistan. The plaques represent 158 Canadian soldiers, a Canadian diplomat, a defence contractor, and a Canadian journalist who were killed during the Canadian mission in Afghanistan.
The 43 Americans (42 soldiers and 1 civilian) who died under Canadian command are also represented.
The plaques were formerly part of the Kandahar Airfield cenotaph in Afghanistan, which was dismantled and repatriated to Canada. The cenotaph was a memorial structure for Canadian soldiers to commemorate their colleagues who died while deployed in Afghanistan.
The memorial has been displayed at different locations across Canada and the United States since May 2014 and will continue until Nov. 12.
For more information about the memorial, visit the Canadian Armed Forces' Afghanistan Memorial Vigil website.
