'Canadian peacekeepers have come to represent peace for today and hope for tomorrow. But that peace and hope has come at a hefty price'

As the names of fallen Canadian peacekeepers echoed through Calgary’s Peacekeeper Park on Sunday, more than 100 onlookers sat in silence, remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of peace abroad.

The annual National Peacekeepers’ Day ceremony drew veterans, politicians and families of the fallen to the southwest community of Garrison Green, where a memorial wall bears the names of Canadians killed on peacekeeping missions. Many of those names were marked with poppies.

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