Legion Riders Memorial Park

Gananoque, Ontario
Type
Parks

In 1998, this property was left to the town of Gananoque by Duffy Macully as long as the Gananoque Legion Branch 92 used it for a park. Douglas Wood, 2nd Vice at Branch 92, took on the project even spending his own money to make the park as nice as he could. Douglas was a member of Legion Riders, which consist of United Nations Veterans, and they asked the town if they could be responsible for the park.

In 2011, the park was renamed to Legion Riders Memorial Park and dedicated to all who served - past, present and future. The park has flower beds, benches, a bed of corn poppies from Flanders Fields, a mighty oak seedling from Vimy Ridge and the Canadian Peacekeepers Monument.

Inscription

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Support Our Troops

DEDICATED TO ALL VETERANS
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

LEGION RIDERS
MEMORIAL PARK

PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY DOUGLAS WOOD CD.
THE LEGION RIDERS OF SOUTH EASTERN ONTARIO
THE LITTLE PARK WITH A BIG HEART

 

Authentic
Corn Poppies
from
Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

[stone/pierre]

LEST
WE
FORGET

Visitor information

Location
Legion Riders Memorial Park

King Street West and Main Street
Gananoque
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 44.326502
Long. -76.1646301
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