New Brunswick

This memorial was erected in 1970 in honour of the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars and Senator A.J. Brooks.

In 2014, the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial was added to Memorial Garden. 

The Honourable George Stanley Sculpture was completed by artist Christian Toth. It is a life size bronze sculpture of the designer of the Canadian flag,  seated on a bench. Christian also custom designed and partially refurbished the bronze bench. He manufactured and welded eight custom sized steel slats into existing iron cast end bench caps and painted the entire piece bronze to match the sculpture.

George is holding a sketch of his idea for the Canadian flag. The sculpture is meant to convey George contemplating about the flag's design and also left open to interpretation to the viewer as to what George is actually thinking. The sculpture was unveiled on Canada Day in 2018.

George served in the Second World War, joined a team of military historians headed up by Charles Perry Stacey, and retired in 1946 as Deputy Director of the army's historical section. He was Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick from 1982 to 1987. For 10 years (1982-92) he was Honorary Colonel of the Royal New Brunswick Regiment. In 1976, he was awarded the Order of Canada and in 1995 he was promoted to the rank of Companion within the Order.

The sculpture was funded by the Province of New Brunswick, through the Program for Municipal Development to Commemorate Canada 150.

There is also a George F. G. Stanley Memorial.

In 2010 a Memorial Garden was added at the east side of Memorial Park, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Navy. It was officially opened on May 15,2010. The Memorial Garden was funded and supported by the Sackville Garden Club and the Town of Sackville. Advisor on the project was Dr. Harold Popma, who donated several of the rhododendrons and magnolias as did other members of the local community. In total, 48 plants were incorporated into this beautiful garden.

The garden includes a plaque commemorating the connection between the Town of Sackville and HMCS Sackville. 

In 2014 the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial was added to the garden.

The George F.G. Stanley Memorial was erected by the Town of Sackville and unveiled on Canada Day, 1 July, 1995. The memorial honours his many contributions to the Town of Sackville, the Province of New Brunswick and to Canada. George suggested the design for the Canadian Flag, which was officially inaugurated on February 15, 1965. The date now celebrated annually as National Flag of Canada Day.

A letter, dated March 23, 1964, was written by George Stanley, an eminent Canadian historian and Dean of Arts at the Royal Military College in Kingston. He suggested the Royal Military College's red-white-red design as a good basis for a distinctive Canadian flag. Dr. Stanley's letter was addressed to John Matheson, a Liberal MP from Brockville, who had emerged as then-Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson's pointman on the Government's issue: the promised adoption of a new and distinctive national flag.

"The single leaf has the virtue of simplicity," Stanley wrote. "It emphasizes the distinctive Canadian symbol and suggests the idea of loyalty to a single country."

"If the flag is to be a unifying symbol, it must avoid the use of national or racial symbols that are of a divisive nature."

George served in the Second World War, joined a team of military historians headed up by Charles Perry Stacey, and retired in 1946 as Deputy Director of the army's historical section. He was Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick from 1982 to 1987. For 10 years (1982-92) he was Honorary Colonel of the Royal New Brunswick Regiment. In 1976, he was awarded the Order of Canada and in 1995 he was promoted to the rank of Companion within the Order.

There is also an Honourable George Stanley Sculpture.

HMCS Sackville is a Flower Class corvette commissioned by the Royal Canadian Navy. It was launched on May 15, 1941, in Saint John, New Brunswick and christened by Mrs. J.E.W. Oland in the presence of the Mayor of Sackville, Norman Hesler and the entire Town Council of Sackville, which supported the ship and her crews during the Second World War. She served as an escort for trans-Atlantic convoys during the Second World War and participated in the Battle of the Atlantic. All Canadian corvettes of this class were named after Canadian towns and K181 was named for Sackville, New Brunswick. 

The Town of Sackville continues its connection with HMCS Sackville and in 2010 inaugurated a Memorial Garden within Memorial Park.  Included is a plaque commemorating the Town's connection with the vessel. This garden is named in honour of HMCS Sackville, a corvette that had a distinguished career during the Second World War. She was launched on May 15, 1941 in St. John, New Brunswick and was christened by Mrs. J.E.W.Oland in the presence of Mayor Norman Hesler and the entire town council of Sackville, which supported the ship and her crews during the Second World War.

On June 29, 2010, in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Navy, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh visited Sackville during the International Fleet Review in Halifax and unveiled a plaque to mark the significance of Canada’s Naval Memorial.

Over 269 corvettes were built and launched (most of them in Canada) between 1939 and 1944, but HMCS Sackville is the sole survivor. She is berthed in Halifax, Nova Scotia where she proudly serves as the official Canadian Naval Memorial reminding the people of Canada of the sacrifices made by the ships' crews in the Battle of the Atlantic. 

When the First World War took the lives of Sackville residents, the park was dedicated to their memory. With the addition of the cenotaph in 1922, it was designated as the town's Memorial Park.

In 2010, a Memorial Garden was added at the east side of the park and the HMCS Sackville Plaque was added. In 2014, the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial was added to the garden.

As a memorial to staff who gave their lives in the Great War, the Bank of Nova Scotia commissioned about 60 bronze tablets, between July 1920 and February 1921, to be placed on the wall of the branch where each known staff member was employed when they joined the military forces. These plaques listed the names of staff killed on the field, as well as those who died from their wounds after they returned home from the war.

This plaque honours Harold Webster Robertson a former officer of the Bank of Nova Scotia Sackville Branch, New Brunswick, who was killed in service during the Great War.

The LAV III Monument was installed as part of a new Veterans Park development adjacent to the Town Hall. The monument was unveiled on November 11, 2016.

LAVs were used by Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan when chasing the Taliban. They worked as a mobile home where they stored weapons, ammo, food, sleeping essentials and their other equipment.
About 40,000 Canadians fought in Afghanistan and of that 40,000, 162 were killed and many more injured.
The LAVs were placed around Canada as memorials after being stripped of their useful and harmful pieces of equipment. The first LAV was unveiled in Oromocto, NB and the other LAVs were given to the locations whom could raise the funds for one.

Other communities that received LAVs include: Airdrie Alta., Waterloo Ont., Kitchener Ont., Sarnia Ont., Aurora Ont., Wellington PEI, Bouctouche NB., RMC Kingston, Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls Ont. and Vancouver.

On October 30, 1917, the First World War battle of Passchendaele claimed the life of Lieutenant George Bishop Peck. Before the battle Lieutenant Peck wrote to his father requesting, in the event of his death, that his share of the family’s fortune be used for the benefit of the whole community, particularly the young people of Albert County. His father was Mr. John L. Peck, local bank owner and member of the Provincial Legislature who was involved in manufacturing and mercantile concerns. On November 30, 1921, Lieutenant Peck’s last request was realized when this building was dedicated to the memory of fallen heroes of Albert County. His father, who had financed the cost of construction, deeded ownership of the Hall over to the people of the county.

Peck Memorial Hall was the first building in Canada to be erected in memory of those who sacrificed their lives during the First World War. Fifty-three of the young men who marched away from their Albert County homes were never to return. Commemorating these ‘boys’ (as they are always referred), are six stained glass windows. Each window, measuring 2.1m by 1m, represents an Albert County community: Hopewell, Harvey, Elgin, Alma, Coverdale and Hillsborough. The windows, draped in Union Jack flags, were assembled in the church across the street on dedication day. One by one, they were unveiled by the mother or wife of one of the fallen. Two veterans then carried the window, first to the church altar to be blessed, and then across the street to the new hall where it was mounted in the west wall of the building. Remembering the request of his only son, Mr. J. L. Peck, MLA, addressed the large gathering with the following, “This Hall will belong to you as much as to me and I hope it will always remind you of the great sacrifices our boys made overseas.”

The hall is a two-and-a-half storey Classical Edwardian institutional building from the early 20th century. It is distinguished by its front-facing hipped roof, its large dormers and its classically-inspired entrance. This style is evident in such features as the form and massing, the classical front portico, the hipped roof and the window treatments.

For 85 years the Peck Memorial Hall served the community by hosting such events as Remembrance Day dinners, dances, receptions, weddings, entertainments of all kinds and sports for the young. In 2008, the Peck Memorial Hall was sold and converted into apartments. The six stained-glass windows commemorating fallen soldiers of Albert County communities were removed and installed at Legion Hall on Legion Street.