It's been 66 years since the signing of the Korean War Armistice.
Hundreds gathered at Windsor's waterfront Saturday to mark the occasion.
More than 500 Canadians were killed in the Korean War including seven from Windsor-Essex.
U.S. Army Colonel Sol Baltimore served 35 years in the military including a posting in the Korean War.
The 92-year-old made the trip from Michigan for the ceremony and says it's important to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
"If you don't know where you've been, you're going to have difficulty figuring out where you're going. The veterans that I know who fought in South Korea are proud to be veterans of that conflict."
U.S. Army Colonel Sol Baltimore speaks at the 66th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War Armistice on July 27, 2019 (Photo by AM800's Zander Broeckel)
Baltimore says South Korea wouldn't be the country it is today without the Korean War.
"I hope the families of those who were killed there take comfort in the fact that they helped keep a free nation free. If you take a look at the difference between North and South Korea, North Korea is still a dictatorship."
The Korean War broke out in 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and after more than three years of fighting a peace treaty was signed on July 27, 1953.
Windsor's Korean War Monument is located at the foot of Ferry St. in Dieppe Gardens on Riverside Dr. W.