We are a not-for-profit initiative composed of Canadians, Italians and citizens of other nations who wish to remind our countrymen and people from around the world of the price of peace.
The Walk for Remembrance & Peace (WRAP) is a joint initiative of Canadian and Italian citizens whose mission is to commemorate those who died in World War II during the Allied campaign in Sicily.
By coming together to walk this path in reflection and peace, participants remind and educate fellow citizens and future generations about the price of peace and the need for vigilance in protecting this peace against tyranny and future threats.
The WRAP is a fully marked trail, complete with educational plaques and a website, that is intended to attract military tourism, including students from Canada and around the world.
The 325-kilometer path follows the route of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division, whose members fought their way from the landing beaches at Pachino all the way to Adrano on the slopes of Mount Etna in the summer of 1943.
Participants may walk all or any number of the battlefields and through the towns of the Province of Enna, Sicily as they learn about the violent history of the summer of 1943 and the very difficult and imperfect reconstruction of Sicilian society by the efforts of Sicilians and the Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories (AMGOT) in Sicily.
The path will be formally open to the public, with its history book and guidebook available online on July 10th, 2023.
Signs on the routes help to guide the walk through the whole journey.
There will also be a short description of the military actions for each of the legs. This can be supplemented by the much more detailed information that will be available in the commemorative history book.
