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The Obelisk was erected in November 1999 in memory of those who served during First and Second World War, Korean War, and United Nations Peace Keeping missions. The dedication ceremony was held on Remembrance Day 1999 with a service including the Mayor and Council, 18th Air Defence Regiment, Tecumseh Royal Canadian Navy Band, Salvation Army Clergy, Royal Canadian Legion Representatives from various branches, Police Services and Fire Services from the Town of Coaldale as well as area Veterans.

Erected by the 20th Anti-Tank Association in 1996, this stele is dedicated to those local men who served with the 20th Anti-Tank Battery, 2nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, during the Second World War.

This memorial to the memory of 261 fallen soldiers marks the area where the 25th Battery, RCA, planted trees in their honour. It was erected on behalf of the 1914-18 Veterans Association of Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 4 (General Stewart).

Erected to mark the newest portion of the cemetery's Fields of Honour, this memorial was put in place on behalf of Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 4 (General Stewart), the branch's Ladies' Auxiliary, Korean Veterans Association Unit No. 53, 702 Wing Royal Canadian Air Force, and the Alberta-Northwest Territories Provincial Command of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

This memorial, known as the cross of sacrifice, was erected on behalf of Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 4 (General Stewart). It is dedicated to those who served their country on sea, land and air.

This stele was erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 4 (General Stewart) in honour of the late military personnel buried within the field of honour.

This memorial was erected in 1966 by the combined efforts of the Army Navy and Air Force Veterans Unit No. 14, Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 4 and the city of Lethbridge. It is dedicated to those who served.

Erected by the citizens of Lethbridge and area, this memorial was unveiled in Galt Gardens on June 7, 1931, in memory of 157 men from Lethbridge who fell during the First World War. The memorial was built of selected granite with a bronze wreath of maple leaves and poppies. Originally, it was known as the Lethbridge War Memorial, but it is now known as the Lethbridge Cenotaph.

The memorial embodies the statue of a Canadian soldier, surmounting a granite pedestal, the whole attaining a height of 23 feet. The statue is of a Canadian soldier in full marching order standing with arms reversed, cast in statuary standard bronze, and measuring nine feet high from the plinth. It was erected by public subscription at a cost of approximately $11,000.

Charles George Alexander Parke was the model for the statue. He posed for photographs taken in the 1920s by A.E. Cross, a local photographer. The photos were then sent to sculptor Coeur de Leon McCarthy in Montreal. The name of the model was supposed to be kept quiet as the statue was to represent all soldiers. When Parke passed away in 1989 at the age of 96, the story was shared by Parke's wife. 

“Unfortunately,” said Lieutenant-Governor Walsh, during the unveiling ceremony, “it is one of the frailties of our human nature that we often neglect or entirely forget events and persons whom we should hold in imperishable memory. The erection of this splendid memorial and the unveiling today, in such an impressive ceremony in the presence of the large concourse of people, is a conclusive evidence that no reproach can be laid at the doors of the people of this district that they have forgotten the men who, leaving their homes and their families and everything else near and dear to them, cheerfully laid down their lives in defence of the cause which they believed to be that of right and justice against the forces of tyranny and oppression.”

The Anglican bishop of Calgary, the Right Rev. Ralph Sherman, said, “One thing that the memorial must stand for is responsibility. The war made the world fit for democracy, and we must not neglect our responsibilities in this connection. Unemployment troubles and other matters must be solved if the world is to continue in the way they died to make it.”

Also present at the ceremony were memorial committee chairman, G.E.A. Rice, Mayor Robert Barrowman, Major-General Ormond of Military District 31, Colonel D.J. Macdonald, Major Harcourt, Supt. Junget of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and various aldermen and civic officials. The groups involved in the event included city chapters of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, Canadian Legion, Army and Navy Veterans, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, school choirs and the Salvation Army Band. 

In 1956, Second World War and Korean War names were added and the cenotaph was enlarged. In 2000, the cenotaph was moved from its original site in Galt Gardens to its current location.

Coeur de Lion MacCarthy, the son of sculptor Hamilton McCarthy, produced numerous commemorative works after the First World War, including: Winged Victory in British Columbia; Great War Memorial and Lethbridge War Memorial in Alberta; Winged Victory in Manitoba; County of Brome War Memorial, Verdun Victory Memorial, Monument to the Brave and Winged Victory in Quebec; Clifton Hill War Memorial and Woodstock Cenotaph in Ontario.

This granite memorial was funded by the Andrew Lions Club.

Vegreville Rotary Peace Park was designated as Vegreville's "Peace Park" as part of Canada's 125th Birthday in 1992.

"Peace Parks Across Canada" was conceived and organized by the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) in collaboration with "CANADA 125" and the National Capital Commission. As Canada celebrated its 125th Birthday, some 400 cities and towns across Canada dedicated a Park to Peace – with most parks dedicated at Noon local time, October 8th, as the National Peacekeeping Monument was being unveiled in Ottawa. The members of the winning design team included Cornelia H. Oberlander, landscape architect.

Supporters included the Federation of Canadian Mayors and Municipalities, Canada Parks and Recreation Association, the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, Heritage Canada, World Wildlife Fund Canada, Friends of the Earth, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, and local Rotary Clubs all across Canada. Project sponsors included VIA Rail, Greyhound Lines Canada, Ltd., CP Hotels and Resorts, Ramada International Hotels and Resorts, Four Seasons Ltd., Meridien Hotels, Concept 3 Advertising and Programmed Communications, Ltd.

At noon on October 9th, 2007 – one day after the precise 15th Anniversary of the original dedications, and as Canada continues to be a beacon of peace, Tolerance, and Understanding in a world of increasing violence and distrust, and a nation that celebrates diversity, a nation-wide re-dedication was co-ordinated.

Each of the original Peace Parks incorporated a ‘Bosco Sacro’ (Peace Grove) of 12 trees as a symbolic link with one another, and with nature - and as a symbol of hope for the future. The 12 trees were also symbolic of Canada’s 10 Provinces and two Territories. As there are now three Territories, a 13th tree was planted as part of the "Re-dedication Ceremony."