A one-of-a-kind project by the RCMP in this province will pay tribute to fallen members of the force.

A new Memory Garden, to be constructed at RCMP Headquarters on White Hills Road in St. John’s, will pay tribute to all former RCMP employees including officers, civilian members and public servants, no matter how they died.

Helen Escott is a member of the RCMP’s Fallen Members Fund Committee. According to her, individual members will be given a special tribute in the garden.

A concrete slab will be engraved with the names of two constables who were killed in the line of duty. Surrounding the slab will be bricks engraved with the names of other fallen members.

The wall of names will surround a lighted seating area that will be used to “sit, reflect and remember.”

Escott says they are in the process of compiling a list of names to include in the garden. Family and friends of fallen members are encouraged to contact the RCMP Fallen Members Fund to have their loved one’s name included.

Tune in to the VOCM Lunch Bunch with Andrew Hawthorn tomorrow at 12:30, he will be chatting with Escott as well as RCMP Director of Strategic Communications Glenda Power, about the RCMP’s upcoming Klondike night.