Lest We Forget Cenotaph

Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia

Type

Other

A large granite in the shape of a rectangular central column extending above its two sides is the focal point of the Monument which is defined by a circular stone base. Stone stelia are positioned on either side of it.

Inscription

[front/devant]

IN HOUNOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED
WORLD WAR I 1914-1918
WORLD WAR II 1939-1945
KOREA 1950-1953
GULF 1991
ARMY, NAVY, AIRFORCE & MERCHANT NAVY

[top of slabs on left/sommet des plaques à gauche]

Ontario
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Newfoundland

[top of slabs on right/sommet des plaques à droite]

Alberta
Prince Edward Island
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Quebec
New Brunswick

[back/arrière]

ERECTED BY
ROYAL CANADIAN
LEGION
CALAIS BRANCH 162
NOVA SCOTIA
DEDICATED MAY 26, 1996

[slab/dalle]

CENOTAPH

LEST WE FORGET

THIS NEW INNOVATIVE STYLE OF CENOTAPH WAS DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED
AROUND TWO THEMES, THE CENTRE OF THE MONUMENT CONSISTS OF STONES FROM
THE 73 COUNTRIES WHERE CANADIAN SERVICE PERSONNEL ARE BURIED SYMBOLIZING
BRINGING OUR BOYS HOME REACHING OUT FROM THE CANADIAN COAT OF ARMS,
THE "ARMS" OF THE CENOTAPH SYMBOLIZING HANDS CLASPED IN FRIENDSHIP. THE
PROVINCIAL STONES ARE ARRANGED IN THE ORDER THE PROVINCES ENTERED
CONFEDERATION. FINALLY, THE LIGHT ON TOP OF THE CENOTAPH REPRESENTS
THE ETERNAL FLAME OF REMEMBERANCE.

CALAIS BR 162 RCL COMPLETED NOVEMBER 11, 1996 TAD CONST

[stone/pierre]
COMMISSIONED BY
RCL BR. 4 IQALUIT, NUNAVUT

HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY
"WELCOMES" CIAD MILE FAILTE
NUNAVUT
CANADA'S NEWEST TERRITORY

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
NOVA SCOTIA COMMAND

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
CALAIS BR. 162 LOWER SACKVILLE

BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER
JUNE 15, 2000