bronze and granite monument of Ukrainian poet Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (1814-1861). Designed and sculpted by New York sculptor Andrew Dragan assisted by Winnipeg sculptor Roman Kowal. Unveiled on the west grounds of the Manitoba Legislative Building on 9 July 1961 by Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker. Among dignitaries attending the ceremony were Premier Duff Roblin, Labour Minister Michael Starr, Veterans Affairs Minister Gordon Churchill, Lieutenant Governor Errick Willis, University of Manitoba President Hugh Saunderson, Winnipeg Alderman Slaw Rebchuk, Monseigneur Wasyl Kushnir, Metropolitan Ilarion Ohienko, and Archbishop Maxim Hermaniuk. Erected by the Ukrainian Canadian Committee commemorating 100th anniversary of the Poet's death and 70th anniversary of Ukrainian settlement in Canada and unveiled during the Taras Shevchenko Centennial on the Manitoba Legislative Grounds in Winnipeg, July 9th, 1961.