Pioneer Park Cenotaph
Municipality/Province: Baie-Comeau, QC
Memorial number: 24016-003
Type: Cross
Address: 72 Cabot Avenue
Location: Pioneer Park
GPS coordinates: Lat: 49.2190658 Long: -68.1448948
Submitted by: Gaetan Bérubé. Jacques St-Laurent. Major L.J. Regimbal. Jean St-Laurent, CD.
This memorial was built in 1970 in a mini park next to the centennial building on Mance Street and then moved in 1984 to Pioneer Park. It was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #3 and designed by sculptor Don Darby.
It consists of a cement base, a 10 feet high painted concrete cross, and a fiberglass poppy with a First World War military helmet in the center. The original bronze plaque was stolen in 2013 and replaced with a granite one.
Inscription found on memorial
[new inscription/nouvelle inscription]
(Le logo de la Légion/Legion crest)
À LA MEMOIRE DE NOS CAMARADES QUI
SUR MER, SUR TERRE ET DANS LES AIRS
ONT FAIT LE SACRIFICE SUPREME
POUR LEUR PAYS ET LA LIBERTE
NOUS NOUS SOUVIENDRONS D'EUX.
IN MEMORY OF OUR COMRADES WHO,
ON SEA, ON LAND AND IN THE AIR,
HAVE LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND FREEDOM
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
[old inscription/ancien inscription]
EN MÉMOIRE DES VAILLANTS HOMMES
DE NOTRE VOISINAGE
QUI ONT FAIT LE SACRIFICE SUPRÊME
AU COUCHER DU SOLEIL ET QUAND SE LÈVERA
L'AURORE NOUS ÉVOQUERONS LEUR MÉMOIRE
1914 1918
1939 1945
KOREA CORÉE
IN MEMORY OF THE GALLANT MEN
OF THIS VICINITY WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
BRANCH NO. 3 FILIALE NO. 3
Street view
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