The Assembly of Remembrance was unveiled in 1927, created by artist Frank S.J. Hollister and constructed by Cowan & Hollister. Frank S.J. Hollister of Toronto, spent four years in active service during the Great War. Preliminary drawings, accompanied by a description of each window, were prepared and presented to the Department of Public Works for approval by Order in Council, in 1925.
The window represents a multitude of people gathered in remembrance of their country's heroic dead.
The first winged figure in the upper section represents the Archangel Michael bearing a trumpet, signifying call to battle in the cause of righteousness. Immediately above his head, a woman seated with children at her knee, symbolizes the inescapable implication of women and children in sacrifices endured in defence of liberty, honour and justice.
In the upper portion of the second panel, St. George slays the dragon, representing the power of right over tyranny. In the third panel, the figure of Justice bears the great sword of judgement and the scales of justice; her sword-guard bears a figure outstretched as in the Crucifixion, symbolizing the sufferings borne both by the victors and the vanquished. Below this figure, a folded ribbon surrounding a shield bears the inscription JUSTITIA LIBERTAS PERPETUO.
The fourth figure represents Joan of Arc, symbolic of France. She bears a banner and a shield, with the arms of Royal France behind her.
In the lower part of the first panel, an armoured figure bears in his hands the Crown of Victory. In the second panel, another armoured figure holds a large flambeau. The inscription here is taken from lines written by Laurence Binyon: AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. The other base inscription (from Pericles) of this window reads: FREEDOM IS THE SURE POSSESSION OF THOSE ALONE WHO HAVE COURAGE TO DEFEND IT.
In the third panel of the window's lower section is the heroic figure of Canada, armoured and helmed, contemplative yet sorrowful, looking down at the Book of Remembrance, holding in her hand the victors' laurel wreath. Behind her stand two figures, symbolic of Canadian Motherhood and First Peoples.
