National Métis Veterans’ Memorial Monument
Municipality/Province: Batoche, SK
Memorial number: 47009-025
Type: Wall
Address: Highway 225, back of Batoche festival grounds
GPS coordinates: Lat: 52.7679493 Long: -106.1129314
Submitted by: Victoria Edwards
The National Métis Veterans’ Memorial Monument was unveiled on July 19, 2014. It is the first memorial dedicated to Métis Veterans. The ceremony was part of the Back to Batoche festival of 2014. The monument includes eight blue granite slabs on a concrete base and panels with the names of over 5,000 Métis Veterans.
The Métis Memorial Gardens was unveiled in 2013. Twenty-five five-foot trees were planted in a U-shape and a flower garden was planted in the center.
Fundraising was managed by the Gabriel Dumont Institute. Through the Community War Memorial Program, the Federal Government provided up to $50,000 of the $300,000 cost. Funding came from the Gabriel Dumont Institute, Veterans Affairs Canada, the Clarence Campeau Development Fund, the Saskatchewan Community Initiatives Fund and donations from individuals, businesses and service organizations.
Inscription found on memorial
TO HONOUR AND REMEMBER
ALL VETERANS AND TO
EXPRESS OUR PRIDE AND
GRATITUDE TO THE METIS
SERVICE MEN AND
SERVICE WOMEN WHO BRAVELY
SERVED OUR COUNTRY
TO PRESERVE OUR FREEDOM
EN HOMMAGE À
TOUS LES VÉTÉRANS
OUR HONORER LEUR
MEMOIRE ET EXPRIMER
NOTRE FIERTÉ ET
NOTRE GRATITUDE AUX
HOMMES ET AUX FEMMES METIS
QUI ONT SERVI NOTRE PAYS
AVEC VAILLANCE POUR
PRÉSERVER NOTRE LIBERTÉ
Street view
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