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Hudson Cenotaph

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    Photo credit: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 115

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    Photo credit: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 115

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    right side inscription

    Photo credit: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 115

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    back inscription

    Photo credit: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 115

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    left side inscription

    Photo credit: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 115

  • First and Second World War Veterans at cenotaph unveiling, November 1948.

    First and Second World War Veterans at cenotaph unveiling, November 1948.

    Photo credit: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 115

Municipality/Province: Hudson, QC

Memorial number: 24072-002

Type: Cairn

Address: 56 Beach Street, Place Vimy

Location: Near the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 115

GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.4568207   Long: -74.1372627

Submitted by: Michel Litalien. Denise M. Castonguay. Rod. L. Hodgson.

The Hudson Cenotaph is dedicated to the local citizens who died during the First and Second World Wars. It was originally erected in 1947 by Lorne Graham, whose grandson Rod Hodgson would serve as President of the Hudson Legion since September 2014, and Everett Lancaster. The cenotaph was unveiled in November 1948 in Benson Park and moved to its current location around 1981/1982.

Made of local Quarry Point stone, the cenotaph was restored by Ted Sargeant on July 8, 2005. Its base is framed by a walkway of local Quarry Point stone to match those used in the construction of the original cenotaph. 

Renovations began in the fall of 2016 and the updated cenotaph had three new bronze plaques installed for Afghanistan, Boer War and Korean War. It was rededicated on Sunday, August 13, 2017, in what will forever now be known as Place Vimy. The cenotaph is the only monument to those who have served in times of war and peacekeeping in the County of Vaudreuil-Soulanges.

The Hudson Legion unveiled its renovated cenotaph with the unveiling of the Place Vimy sign and memorial plaques on the nineteen iron posts that border the cenotaph. As of 2022, there were twenty-five iron posts and over 100 memorial plaques.

Inscription found on memorial

[front/devant]

(plaque)
ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE
OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR HEIR KING
AND COUNTRY
IN WORLD WAR I 1914-1918
AND WORLD WAR II 1939-1945

AT • THE • GOING • DOWN • OF • THE • SUN • AND • IN • THE • MORNING
WE • WILL • REMEMBER • THEM

[right side/côté droit]
TO HONOUR THOSE FROM THIS AREA
WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE WAR IN
AFGHANISTAN (2001-2014)
"LEST WE FORGET"

EN HOMMAGE AUX BRAVES DE NOTRE RÉGION
QUI ONT SERVI LEUR PAYS DURANT
LA GUERRE D'AFGHANISTAN (2001-2014)
NOUS N'OUBLIERONS JAMAIS

[back/arrière]
TO HONOUR THOSE FROM THIS AREA WHO SERVED
DURING THE "COLD" WAR (1947-1991), UNITED NATIONS
PEACEKEEPING FORCES, THE GULF WAR (1990-1991),
BOSNIA (1992-1995), THE MERHCANT MARINE
"LEST WE FORGET"

EN HOMMAGE AUX BRAVES DE NOTRE RÉGION
QUI ONT SERVI LEUR PAYS DURANT LA GUERRE
FROID (1947-1991), L'ORGANISATION DES NATIONS-UNIES
POUR LE MAINTIEN DE LA PAIX. LA GUERRE DU
GOLFE (1990-1991), LA GUERRE EN BOSNIE (1992-1995),
LA MARINE MARCHANDE
NOUS N'OUBLIERONS JAMAIS

[left side/côté gauche]
TO HONOUR THOSE FROM THIS AREA
WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY DURING
THE BOER WAR (1899-1902)
THE KOREAN WAR (1950-1953)
"LEST WE FORGET"

EN HOMMAGE AUX BRAVES DE NOTRE RÉGION
QUI ONT SERVI LEUR PAYS DURANT
LA GUERRE D'AFRIQUE DU SUD (1899-1902)
LA GUERRE DE CORÉE (1950-1953)
NOUS N'OUBLIERONS JAMAIS

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