Canada’s National War Memorial, the scene of a horrifying shooting less than a month ago, was rededicated today to add the dates of the Afghanistan mission and the South African War.

The rededication was performed by Gov. Gen. David Johnston as part of the Remembrance Day ceremonies at the memorial, which now carries a new inscription: “In Service to Canada — Au service du Canada.”

Johnston told onlookers, “We are people of peace, of respect and tolerance, kindness and honour. These qualities are alive in our national conscience precisely because we hold them as precious. We have the luxury to do so because those we remember today believed those qualities to be precious enough to die for.”

Princess Anne read a message from her mother, Queen Elizabeth, which said: “Today it is fitting that, with this ceremony of rededication, we pay tribute to all those Canadians who in the intervening years have laid down their lives in the service of peace, justice and freedom.”

source: CBC