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The marble sculpture of a soldier which was erected as the cenotaph from 1923-2009 was restored and moved to the Woolwich memorial centre. It was encased in a protective glass and wood case. The marble sculpture was replaced with a bronze replica by Timothy Schmalz.

The Freedom Isn't Free Mural was dedicated on October 25, 2014, through efforts of the Arthur Historical Society. It took Artist Cliff Smith five weeks to complete and the images were based on a drawing by Scott Cherry, a Grade 12 student who won a provincial award for his poster.

The two soldiers depicted in the mural were based on Rick Dingman and John Walsh’s grandson (also named John Walsh). John Walsh Senior is a local Veteran and member of the Historical Society. The Veteran depicted standing in the cemetery was based on Kenilworth area Veteran Ken Waters, who took part in D-Day as well as other campaigns in the Second World War.

This memorial recalls a historic injustice Canadians should pause to remember, as we recall the First World War and the valour of all those Canadian men, and some women, who served. It is a tribute to mark the memory of the thousands of "enemy aliens" who had their civil rights stripped, and were subsequently imprisoned during Canada's first national internment operations of 1914-1920, following the implementation of the War Measures Act. 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the War Measures Act - adopted on August 22, 1914 during the First World War. It was used to imprison Ukrainian-Canadians, and other ethnic groups, including German, Hungarian, Serbian, Croatian, and Armenian communities, into one of Canada's 24 internment camps.

Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk, a professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and former chair of the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association (UCCLA), had taken it upon himself to lead the way and organize the memorial. In the CTO ("One Hundred") project, 100 aluminum plaques were simultaneously unveiled at 100 different locations across the country at 11:00am local time on August 22, 2014. The first plaque was unveiled in Amherst, Nova Scotia, followed by a wave of plaque unveilings moved west, from province to province, culminating in Nanaimo, British Columbia. The plaques, which cost $1,000 to make, were funded by the generosity of the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Interment Recognition Fund.

Each plaque features a photo of internment prisoners confined behind a wire fence at the Castle Mountain Internment Camp in Banff, Alberta. The Castle Camp, which was built in 1915 at the base of Castle Mountain, was a Canadian internment camp which held immigrant prisoners of Ukrainian, Austrian, Hungarian, and German descent.

This memorial recalls a historic injustice Canadians should pause to remember, as we recall the First World War and the valour of all those Canadian men, and some women, who served. It is a tribute to mark the memory of the thousands of "enemy aliens" who had their civil rights stripped, and were subsequently imprisoned during Canada's first national internment operations of 1914-1920, following the implementation of the War Measures Act. 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the War Measures Act - adopted on August 22, 1914 during the First World War. It was used to imprison Ukrainian-Canadians, and other ethnic groups, including German, Hungarian, Serbian, Croatian, and Armenian communities, into one of Canada's 24 internment camps.

Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk, a professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and former chair of the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association (UCCLA), had taken it upon himself to lead the way and organize the memorial. In the CTO ("One Hundred") project, 100 aluminum plaques were simultaneously unveiled at 100 different locations across the country at 11:00am local time on August 22, 2014. The first plaque was unveiled in Amherst, Nova Scotia, followed by a wave of plaque unveilings moved west, from province to province, culminating in Nanaimo, British Columbia. The plaques, which cost $1,000 to make, were funded by the generosity of the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Interment Recognition Fund.

Each plaque features a photo of internment prisoners confined behind a wire fence at the Castle Mountain Internment Camp in Banff, Alberta. The Castle Camp, which was built in 1915 at the base of Castle Mountain, was a Canadian internment camp which held immigrant prisoners of Ukrainian, Austrian, Hungarian, and German descent.

This memorial was erected by a group of villagers headed by Bridgeport Women`s Institute. It was unveiled in June 29, 1947, and dedicated to the soldiers killed in action during the First and Second World Wars.

Dedicated in honour of and in grateful tribute, to those of the New Dundee Community, who gave their lives for freedom in the Second World War. This memorial was erected by the New Dundee Community, unveiled in 1948.

This memorial was erected on August 6, 1995, by the Arthur and Area Homecoming.

Arthur is believed to be the most patriotic village in Canada. During the Second World War, the town had the highest percentage of residents enlisted. On June 6, 1944, with a population of 836, 116 residents were in the Canadian Armed Forces. The village also highly subscribed to Victory Bonds and by the end of the third Victory loan, residents raised over $250,000 in war bonds. This made over 64% of the assessed value of the village's taxable property and more per capita than any other community in Canada. 

This memorial is dedicated to those who made the supreme sacrifice in the First World War, the Second World War, and Korea.

This memorial is dedicated to those who made the supreme sacrifice in the First World War, the Second World War, and Korea.

On February 22, 1919, a patriotic women’s group called the Daughters of the Flag appeared before the Township of West Garafraxa asking permission to use the north corner of Market Square for a cenotaph. At the April meeting, the Recreation Committee requested $500 to give the returning soldiers a ten-dollar gold piece each. The Township held two welcome receptions for its returned soldiers that year, one in June and another in November.

In the summer of 1920, the West Garafraxa Township Memorial Committee visited Cater and Worth Marble and Monuments in Galt. They chose a statue of a soldier carved in Italian white marble, standing at ease beside a grey granite stone with the names of the fallen set in metal lettering. It was designed by E.M. Worth of Cater and Worth Marble and Monuments in Galt. The engraving was completed by Cater and Worth, while the life size statue is the work of Italian sculptors and was imported from Italy.

In a ceremony on July 31, 1921, the cenotaph was unveiled by former Township Reeve John Gregson, whose son David Gregson was killed in 1915, and by 16-year-old Robert K. Hanna, who lost his father, John Sidney Hanna, in 1917. The cenotaph was rededicated on June 29, 1946.

The statue was removed in 2008 because it was showing considerable wear and a granite replacement statue was installed. The original statue was restored by Conservator Patty Whan and now stands outside the Archives wing of the Wellington County Museum and Archives.