An unusual “homemade” monument was put up in Treesbank even as the war still raged, dedicated to the men “who have fought, are fighting and will fight for King and Country, for freedom and for civilization”(Manitoba Free Press, March 10, 1917). Completed eighteen months before the Armistice, the painted wooden “Treesbank War Shrine” (since replaced by a stone cairn) was about three metres in height, with painted inscriptions that suffered badly from weathering despite the shingled overhang protecting them. A Union Jack once fluttered from the flagpole at its peak.
Treesbank, Manitoba
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Treesbank War Shrine
Treesbank War Memorial 1914 - 1918
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Treesbank War Memorial
Railway Street near Oak Street
Treesbank
Manitoba
Treesbank War Memorial
Railway Street near Oak Street
Treesbank
Manitoba
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 49.63499
Long. -99.61024
Lat. 49.63499
Long. -99.61024
Karen Nicholson; Gary Dickson
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Treesbank war memorial in 1968
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