Verdun Victory Memorial
Municipality/Province: Montréal (Verdun), QC
Memorial number: 24074-001
Type: Statues - bronze, shaft - granite
Address: 637 1st Avenue
Location: Souvenir Park
GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.4586626 Long: -73.5724831
Submitted by: Rosemary Elson; Dr. Serge Durflinger; Michel Litalien; Alan Hustak
This memorial was constructed by Coeur de Lion MacCarthy for the city of Verdun and is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. It was unveiled on 5 October 1924 by Jane Leavitt, a Verdun mother who lost three of her five sons in the First World War. This monument originally stood in a park at the corner of Wellington Street and Mullarkey Avenue (now LaSalle Boulevard) but was moved in front of the city hall in 1959. The Verdun Victory Memorial, which was designed and executed by Coeur de Lion McCarthy, artist-sculptor of Montreal, depicts a Canadian solder in an exultant attitude, his shrapnel helmet in hand and his rifle raised in the spirit of Victory. At the base of the monument is a female figure, symbolic of patriotism and peace, holding in her right hand the flags of Victory and supporting with her left hand a shield bearing the arms of the City of Verdun. Commemorative ceremonies are organized by the Canadian Royal Legion. The memorial undergoes regular maintenance with, in particular, a hot oil treatment.
Inscription found on memorial
[front/devant]
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF VERDUN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919
À LA GLOIRE DE DIEU ET À LA MÉMOIRE DES HOMMES DE VERDUN MORTS AU CHAMP D'HONNEUR DURANT LA GUERRE 1914 - 1919
DEDICATED IN THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR II 1939 - 1945
DÉDIÉ À LA MÉMOIRE DE CEUX QUI TOMBÈREN DURANT LA DEUXIÈME GUERRE MONDIALE 1939 - 1945
KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953
GUERRE DE COREE 1950 - 1953
[right side/côté droit]
YPRES, FESTUBERT, ST-ELOI, MOUNT SORREL, SOMME, VIMY RIDGE, HILL 70, PASSCHENDAELE
[left side/côté gauche]
SOMME, AMIENS, ARRAS, DROCOURT-QUEANT, CANAL DU NORD, CAMBRAI, VALENCIENNES, MONS
Street view
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