My VAC Account
My VAC AccountThe St. Alban's Cenotaph was erected in the the 1970s and designed by the Executive Members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 53. It is made of granite and depicts a Caribou to honour First World War Veterans of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment and two badges representing air and sea elements.
The Korean War and Afghanistan dates were added in later years.
[front/devant]
1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945
NEWFOUNDLAND
ERECTED BY
BRANCH 53
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
KOREAN CONFLICT
1950 - 1953
AFGHANISTAN WAR
2006 - 2011
[plaque]
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
[base]
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND
IN THE MORNING, WE WIL REMEMBER THEM.
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