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Vegreville egg
The sculpture was commissioned by the town of Vegreville, in the Canadian province of Alberta noted for its high Ukrainian Canadian population.  In order to obtain funding for it, the town applied for a federal government grant and was eventually able to obtain some funding, but only if the sculpture was dedicated to the 1975 centennial of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.  Vegreville received a grant to construct the egg, a nod at Ukrainian culture in Canada,[1] and specifically at early Ukrainian settlements east of Edmonton, Alberta.[4]