Hundreds of residents filled Riverfront Park to honour three RCMP heroes at the public unveiling of a memorial remembering Doug Larche, Dave Ross and Fabrice Gevaudan.
#RCMP Memorial officially unveiled #Moncton #MonctonNews #NBNews #nb pic.twitter.com/gt7tNM6UWE
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The memorial includes a likeness of each slain officer in bronze, and incorporates fingerprints from residents in bronze leaves.
Thumbprints from the community are included in a ring around the #RCMP Memorial #Moncton #nb #NBNews #MonctonNews pic.twitter.com/emjJhwnYq9
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Widow Nadine Larche said she and her daughters had an opportunity to view the complete memorial before the public unveiling.
“Me and my three girls, we walked in there alone, because I wanted to be able to see it by myself and I was overwhelmed with many different emotions,” says Nadine. “Morgan really captured everything that I wanted, it really feels like Doug’s home.”
Macdonald says Doug Dave and Fabrice are home in the heart of #Moncton #nb #NBNews #MonctonNews #RCMP
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Nadine says while working with Macdonald did help her bring a little closure the pain is still raw.
“But I have three little girls and that’s what I focus on, I see Doug in them every single day and now having the statue here I’ll have a place to kind of be with Doug, and it’s on the trail, where Doug loved to be,” says Nadine. “I’m so happy with the results of the monument, it’s beautiful.”
Nadine says Morgan captured the likeness of Doug beyond what I expected.
“We provided him different pictures, different angles, he invited us up to the foundry to make sure that what we saw in the pictures was actually reality in the clay before he cast it,” says Nadine.
Nadine Larche speaking about the process of creating the memorial with Macdonald #Moncton #nb #NBNews #RCMP pic.twitter.com/M8zW0pc16e
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She emphasized how humble, accommodating and great to work with and really created a statue of what Doug looked like.
Nadine says they will always remember this moment and is thankful their daughters can see their Dad in the memorial #Moncton #nb #RCMP
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Angela honouring artist Macdonald for his role helping them remember their husbands #Moncton #RCMP #NBNews pic.twitter.com/iaed7g63u4
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A number of dignitaries were in attendance, all speaking about the courage, sacrifice, and bravery of Doug, Dave and Fabrice and how the City’s residents were lucky to have heroes of such calibre standing ready to protect them.
Families and other dignitaries gathered around #RCMP #Moncton #MonctonNews #NBNews #nb pic.twitter.com/tMvjcHZbf5
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It was also Commanding Officer Roger Brown’s last day in the RCMP, with his retirement also today.
#Moncton #RCMP outgoing commanding officer Roger Brown paying his respects to Dave Doug and Fabrice #NBNews #nb pic.twitter.com/eYnlw3TTgP
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More pictures can be found HERE
