Lethbridge War Memorial

Lethbridge War Memorial

Lethbridge, Alberta

Constructed and unveiled June 7, 1931, in memory of 157 men from Lethbridge who fell during the World War I.

Unfortunately, said the Lt.-Gov. Walsh, during the 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.

Lethbridge War Memorial

The erection of this splendid memorial and the unveiling today, in such an impresive 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 reponsibilities 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.

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

The memorial was built of selected granite with a bronze wreath of maple leaves and poppies.

On the front side of the monument are inscribed:

In Honor of Those
Whose Names Endure

The Great War
1914 - 1918

They Have Passed In
Leaving The Heritage Of
A Glorious Memory

Erected By The Citizens Of
Lethbridge And District

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