Dear Editor:
Re: Wait For Me, Daddy statue sends the wrong message, Letters to the editor, The Record, Oct. 8.
The letter you recently published condemning the Wait for Me Daddy sculpture as "war profiteering" is misconceived.
This sculpture honours the commitment of those who served, equally with the loved ones they left behind, and the pains of separation for both.
It's an excellent, modern war memorial, and a substantial work of art that will endure and attract notice. Moreover it's real, and deeply rooted in the history of our city.
Those responsible for creating, commissioning and placing it have done well. We should be grateful for their initiative, judgment and taste.
Richard Berrow, New Westminster
