Prince Albert War Memorial Statue

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Type

Other

This memorial is dedicated to the local veterans of the First and Second World Wars.

Marguerite Taylor’s own favourite sculpture was her 1927 war memorial statue of Canada personified as a woman, in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. She received the commission after winning a national competition.

Inscription

[front/devant]

THE GREAT WAR

1914-1918

[left side/côté gauche]

IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF PRINCE ALBERT
WHO IN THE HOUR OF THE EMPIRE'S NEED
NOBLY SERVED AND SACRIFICED

[back/arrière]

AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM
NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM

[right side/côté droit]

IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF PRINCE ALBERT
WHO IN THE HOUR OF THE EMPIRE'S NEED
NOBLY SERVED AND SACRIFICED