Local group wants to build Veterans Commemorative Monument for all those who served
Remembrance Day has come and gone for this year, but there are several monuments around town that have remained standing throughout the years as silent tributes to the men and women of Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma District who died for Canada in times of war.
‘From little towns in a far land we came to save our honour in a world aflame. By little towns in a far land we sleep and trust those things we won to you to keep’ - words by Rudyard Kipling - are also found on the monument. A casting - located in front of the cenotaph - of the citation First World War hero William Merrifield received when he was awarded the British Empire's highest military honour went missing, presumably taken by vandals, in June 2024.
A plaque on that monument reads ‘The Great War 1914-1918 to the memory of new Ontario’s dead, erected by their comrades August 1923. Their name liveth for evermore.’A plaque on that monument reads ‘They will never know the beauty of this place, see the seasons change, enjoy nature’s chorus. All we enjoy we owe to them, men and women who lie buried in the earth of foreign lands and in the seven seas.
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