Birch Lake Legion Branch #74
Innisfree Cenotaph
 
 
East side of Del Norte High School, Innisfree, Alberta.

Constructed in 1963 in memory of area recruits: WWI - 1914-1918, WWII - 1939-1945, Korean War - 1950-1953.

Made of polished brown granite stone. Stands seven feet high. Cost to the Branch: $800.00. It was unveiled and dedicated on Remembrance Day, 1963.

Executive at that time:

Branch President - P. Zaplachinski
Past Branch President - A. Schmidt
Branch Secretary - H.J. Ferguson
Branch Vice-President - John Gordey
Sargent-At-Arms - M.G. Saik

Inscription on cenotaph reads:

To the glory of God
And in memory to all
The Gallant Men and Women
Who gave up their lives
In defence of our Country

"At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them."

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