Stairway to Service was unveiled on June 3, 2022. It features a set of 13 granite steps and a walkway which memorializes those who performed military service for Saint John and Canada. When the Royal Canadian Legion Jervis Bay Memorial Branch No. No. 53 had to put a new set of stairs in the park, Harold Wright, Legion president, came up with the idea to make the stairs a monument.
More than 200 names of people who served from the First World War to the present are featured, with room for 200 more names. Engraved on the top of the stairway are boots and shoes prints of two Saint John Veterans who served during the Second World War: the late George O. Kelley, who died in December at age 103, and Glennis (Boyle) Boyce. One side of the steps has outlines of boot prints going down, representing those going off to military service. The other side of the steps has outlines of boot prints going up, representing those returning home from military service. Three of the steps have hand prints of children engraved in the center to represent families waiting for their loved ones to return from service.
