From the March 21, 2013 Ottawa (Canada) Citizen.
The two finalists for Canada's $787,000 to build a War of 1812 bicentennial monument in Ottawa are Brian Cooley and Adriene Alison. They both have scale models on display. Brian Cooley's consists of twenty figures on a rectangular base and Adriene Alison's of seven in a circle facing outward.
The Department of Canadian Heritage and National Capital Commission are sponsoring it. There has been a bit of controversy over the whole process and even with the final two, with Cooley wanting to farm out some of his strucrure to China to keep costs down.
Whoever wins, it is expected to have the monument unveiled in the front of the East Block of Parliament Building in 2014.
Each proposal had to include: the Bitish Army, Provincial Marine, English-speaking militia, French-speaking militia, First Nations and Metis. (I'm not sure what Metis is? Provincial Marine I take to be Canadian ships.)
It Will Be Interesting. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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