The Ontario Veterans’ Memorial was unveiled on 17 September 2006 and commemorates Ontarians that participated in a military campaign with the Canadian military from Canadian Confederation to the present. The monument is tall on both ends, although the monument slopes into the monument's central gathering area. The monument is a granite wall with 44 images depicting Canada's military history etched into the 24 grey granite panels. Conflicts depicted in these images includes the Fenian raids, North-West Rebellion, Second Boer War, First World War, Second World War, Korean War, and various peacekeeping and support operations during the Cold War, and war in Afghanistan. The monument is topped-off by a black granite. A plaque situated next to the monument's seating area provides a brief recount of Ontario's military history, from the War of 1812 to the war in Afghanistan. The memorial was designed by Allan Harding Mackay and landscaping firm Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg; Ontarian-born historian Jack Granatstein wrote the historical text and choose the images, while Ontarian-born poet Jane Urquhart wrote the monumental inscription found on the monument.