341-10th St. Hanover, Ontario Constructed in 1922, to commemorate the Lives Lost In World War I. In December 1921, the Library Board met the International Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.) for the purpose of erecting a war memorial on the library grounds. Town council had given the I.O.D.E. $500 toward the construction of a monument. In February 1922, a committee from the Library Board of Miss A. Zinn, Rev. D.J. Lane, James A. Magee and Mayor Henry Peppler met with the I.O.D.E. to work out the details of erecting the monument. In March, the Library Board granted permission for the I.O.D.E. to place the monument in the northwest corner of the library lot. Another war memorial was suggested by the Hanover Women's Institute in March 1922. The Women's Institute met with the Library Board to place a service flag with the names of the Hanover enlists in World War I. The flag was placed on the south wall of the men's reading room. 
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