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Michelle Pinon News Advertiser An estimated crowd of 100 people gathered in Pysanka Park in Vegreville the afternoon of June 23 for the official unveiling ceremony of the WW1 Internment Monument, titled ‘Endurance’ by sculptor Herman Poulin. The monument project was initiated and carried out by the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation
in cooperation with the Town of Vegreville, with support from the Shevchenko Foundation Canadian WW1 Internment Legacy Fund as well as other supporters from various other organizations. Borys Sydoruk, Chair of the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation, gave a special thank you to the Shevchenko Foundation Internment Legacy Fund for its financial support. “Without their funding, projects like these would
never happen.” Sydoruk was born and raised in Calgary. “Until 1989, I never knew that there were Internment camps in our national parks in the Rocky Mountains where millions of people come every year to enjoy the beautiful scenery. I suspect that many of you growing up in Alberta did not know that there were five internment camps in Alberta and many
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