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The Price of Peace Monument is a well known sculpture of Canadian soldiers displayed in the Piazza Plebiscito in Ortona. It commemorates the Battle of Ortona when, at Christmas in 1943, soldiers of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division fought to dislodge Germany’s 1st Parachute Division from Ortona. In 1988 a former Canadian corporal and tank commander with the Three Rivers Regiment (now the 12th Armoured Regiment), Ted ‘Tojo’ Griffiths, by then a retired major, organised a Christmas reunion in Ortona of Canadian and German veterans. Every Christmas since the city of Ortona marks the occasion with a ceremony at the Canadian cemetery.
In 2006, with money left over from the reunion fundraising, a statue was commissioned to honour the battle, and named Price of Peace. At about the same time a restored 15th century convent was designated to become the Museo Della Battaglia di Ortona (Battle of Ortona Museum). It is located nearby, on Corso Garibaldi, and it has collected a large number of items and memorabilia related to the battle. What the city fathers wanted, however, was a Sherman tank with 75mm gun as used by the Canadians, as a monument, and a search for one was made.
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1: Price of Peace Monument with Sherman tank behind, photo ...
Taken: 26 August 2006
Contributor: Wikimedia
Location Photo ID: 193
Added: 20 January 2010
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