National Victims of Communism Memorial | Completed

[acottawa]

I agree it is rather silly, especially since Monument to Victims of [insert belief system here] could be built for just about anything.

That being said, pretty much any monument in any capital city is going to be political and/or silly so I guess they're an indicator to future generations of a particular zeitgeist at a particular time. We haven't had a significant peacekeeping mission for decades, but a giant monument in a prominent location shows somebody thought it was important in the 80s.