On July 2nd, 1995, and after a 15 year struggle, Windsor's North Wall was unveiled and dedicated to all of the Canadians who served in the American armed forces during the Vietnam War.

Since the United States entered the Vietnam War in 1959, approximately 40,000 Canadians voluntarily joined and served in the US Armed Forces. Although the Canadian veterans who lost their lives were honoured along with American soldiers at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC, they had not been recognized by their own country.

Windsor's North Wall was erected thanks to the dedication of a group of Americans (MACV: the Michigan Association of Concerned Veterans) who felt that their Canadian brothers and sisters deserved to be recognized and accounted for, in their native land. The Canadian Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, dubbed The North Wall, sits prominently in Windsor's Odette Sculpture Garden at Assumption Park, overlooking the Detroit skyline.