The Soldiers Memorial Monument located at the Town Hall was constructed in 1919-1920 in memory of the men and women who served in the First World War. A decoration Day service is held on the second Sunday in June each year. The parade march and service was held at the cenotaph each year until 1998. On November 11th 1999 the service was held in the Community Complex next to the Cenotaph. A wood Cenotaph was built and placed on the stage for the inside service. The walls in the complex are lined with essays and poems done by the Emerson Elementary school. The Women's Institute served a soldier's supper on Nov. 11th 1920.
In 1920 the Canadian William A. Rogers Limited Company published a catalogue of memorial designs including the overlife-sized statue of a pensive infantryman, leaning on his rifle, with his chin resting on his hand. According to the catalogue, Rogers was at that time the only bronze foundry in Canada that had successfully made large casts like this, the figure is a cast from a model by a St. Boniface sculptor named Nicolas Pirroton.
