Maskwacis Veterans Memorial

Maskwacis, Alberta
Type
Other

The two sides of the marble monument list all veterans from the Maskwacis Cree Four Nations who served alongside their Nation and Conflict served.

Chiefs and council members, veterans and elders of the four Cree nations of Maskwacis unveiled the monument on Remembrance Day 2014. The speeches made during the ceremony paid tribute to the patience and perseverance in efforts that took years to bring the project for the veterans memorial to a successful conclusion. In the course of the ceremonies, the names of veterans of the Maskwacis bands were read and a special tribute was paid to Wilton Littlechild, honourary chief of the Maskwacis Cree. Chief of Ermineskin Cree nation Randy Ermineskin laid a wreath at the newly unveiled cenotaph.

 

 

Inscription

MASKWACIS VETERANS MEMORIAL /

LEST WE FORGET /

A DESIRE TO HONOUR OUR VETERANS IS NOW REALITY THROUGH PERSERVERANCE AND OPPORTUNITY.

Location
Maskwacis Veterans Memorial

Highway 2A
Maskwacis
Alberta
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 52.8201958
Long. -113.456136

Maskwacis veterans memorial unveiling Remembrance Day 2014

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