The Assiniboia Cenotaph was unveiled by Lieutenant Governor Newlands on June 25 1924, in honour of those who lost their lives in the First World War. At the time, there was a statue of a soldier in front and the bowls were more ornately sculpted.
A new town hall was built in the 1980s and the monument was moved to its current location. The soldier statue, which had been vandalized, was removed and the image of a sword was etched into the front of the stele.
Additions were made to honour those who lost their lives in the Second World War.
