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The Star-Phoenix Clock was erected on October 6, 1920, in memory of Talmage Lawson who perished in the First World War. In 1912, Talmage and his partner Bill Herman bought the Capital, one of Saskatoon's daily newspapers, and renamed it the Saskatoon Daily Star. In 1928, the Star amalgamated with the Phoenix and formed the Star-Phoenix which still serves the city today. The Star-Phoenix Clock is a protected heritage property established by Bill in memory of his partner. Bill hired the Seth Thomas Clock Company to create a timepiece and erected it outside the newspaper office at 20th Street East. Seth Thomas was the first to succeed in designing and making tower clocks in different countries.

The two-sided clock stands 15 feet high with a square pedestal and column of cast-iron. The clock was originally powered by a heavy counterweight and cranked every Monday morning. It now operates electrically via a cable running to the Star-Phoenix press room. Two heaters are turned on to keep it going in the winter. The clock had a large thermometer bolted onto it for the first several decades. There are two holes on the street-facing side where it was attached.

The old interior clockworks have been removed and new faces were put on in 1978. When the old clockworks and counterweights were removed, they were sent to Regina for scrap. Hugh McNaughton, a Star-Phoenix technician and Bert Buckle, a well-known local watch maker, went to Regina to retrieve them.

When the Star-Phoenix moved to 5th Avenue in 1967, the clock moved too. When it was moved the base was sandblasted to remove layers of paint. The original paint was black or brown. The clock was moved to its current location in 1979. 

Private Talmage Lawson was born in Prince Edward Island in 1879. Lawson spent his pre-war years trading and selling horses. Lawson’s mother, Alice, died unexpectedly in 1910 after a weeklong illness. He travelled the world extensively and when he got into Africa, took the railroad as far as it would go then journeyed deep into the continent on foot. After only a few days of hiking and sleeping on the ground, Lawson came down with a fever. He returned to the train, but his fever worsened. For nine days aboard the train, Lawson became delirious. He returned to Saskatoon and enlisted as a private in October of 1914. Private Thomas Lawson died at age 35 near the Belgian village of Kemmel.

The Hugh Cairns Memorial, also known as the Footballer’s Memorial, features an 18 foot high marble statue of a footballer. Underneath the statue, Hugh Cairns' name is engraved, and on the statue’s base is the inscription of seventy-five Saskatoon football players’ names that lost their lives in World War I. The monument is located in Kinsmen Park near the South Saskatchewan River and the University Bridge.

The Hugh Cairns Memorial is a symbol of the lives that were lost during World War I, including that of Hugh Cairns who was born in 1896 in England but was raised in Saskatoon. Cairns was an apprentice plumber, and a member of the Christ Church football team and choir. He began his military service at the age of 19 in 1915 when he joined the 65th Battalion.  He later transferred to The 46th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment, where he attained the rank of sergeant.

In the summer of 1917, Cairns was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his bravery, during the Battle of Vimy Ridge.  He had led his machine gun crew against a German position, captured enemy gun emplacements and then stayed behind to cover the retreat of his men.  He incurred thirteen pieces of shrapnel in the encounter but recovered. Sergeant Hugh Cairns led three skirmishes during the advance at Valenciennes in Northern France; he was wounded on a fourth skirmish and died the next day, November 2, 1918. He was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously in 1919 for his extraordinary efforts, an honour which has only been bestowed on six Saskatchewan Soldiers. The official statement which accompanied the award stated: "Throughout the operations he showed the highest degree of valour.  His leadership greatly contributed to the success of the attack."

To commemorate the sacrifice of Cairns and other fallen soldiers of World War I, the Hugh Cairns Memorial was unveiled on June 8, 1921. The monument has a polished granite base, and a marble statue resembling a footballer - Hugh Cairns. On the front of the granite base the following inscription is found "Erected by the Saskatoon Football Association and citizens In memory of Our Fallen Comrades 1914 – 1918." On the statue’s base is the inscription of seventy-five Saskatoon football players’ names that lost their lives in World War I (including the names of Hugh Cairns and his brother Albert).

Source: City of Saskatoon Built Heritage Database

The idea for a memorial avenue originated with the Education Committee of the local Military Chapter of the Imperial Order of the daughters of the Empire. Mrs. Jean Jarvis and Mrs. A. H. Hanson, key members of the committee, presented the concept to the City of Saskatoon in May 1922. The following month, the council endorsed a committee consisting of Parks Board staff and Imperial Order of the daughters of the Empire members. 

From the Saskatoon Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire branch: "A tree is a living memorial often more enduring than marble or bronze; a tree is a thing of beauty and of inspiration — a living token of the wonder and glory of nature — a symbol of service — for the life of a tree is a life of service, even the end of life is not the end of a tree's service; to the contrary, the end of a life opens new fields of service which add immeasurably to our civilization, our culture, and our happiness; therefore, is not a tree a fitting symbol for those valiant men who gave their lives for the service of their country and who died that humanity might continue to live in civilization, in culture, and in happiness?"

On June 17, 1923 the first trees were dedicated at a formal ceremony with Brigadier-General Alexander Ross, military units and representatives of every organization in Saskatoon in attendance. A crowd of 8,000 attended the event as 265 trees and plaques were dedicated. Each tree was purchased by the next-of-kin of a deceased soldier and dedicated to that specific individual with a brass plaque. For twenty years, Albert Meek skillfully engraved the plaques.

The 1923 ceremony was the first annual memorial service. Originally a private drive, Next-of-Kin Memorial Avenue was officially dedicated as a street on February 15, 1937. The yearly event and scope of the avenue has been expanded to memorialize those who died in both World Wars, the Korean War and all subsequent military engagements. Since that first dedication of 265 trees in 1923, more than 1,200 trees have been planted on various “branches” or avenues stemming from Next-of-Kin Memorial Avenue and running throughout the cemetery. The branches of the Avenue are names after distinguished soldiers, major battles, or ships.

The City of Saskatoon website maintains a listing of each memorial tree including the individual’s name, rank during service, place of death, age and the sponsor. The Imperial Order of the daughters of the Empire was responsible for the management of this program until February 10, 1986 when the City of Saskatoon assumed the administration of the program.

Two sets of gates are located within the initial Next-of-Kin Memorial Avenue. The first is the original entrance to Woodlawn Cemetery located on the north end of the Avenue. The original entrance is marked by two stone pillars and predates Next-of-Kin Memorial Avenue. The second gate is currently used as the entrance near 33rd Street. Two pillars of stone and brick were erected in the early 1950s. The Imperial Order of the daughters of the Empire contributed financially to the construction. A plaque is affixed to each pillar. 

In 1991 Jim Hall, an Executive Committee member of the Royal Canadian Legion, contacted the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada with the proposal that Memorial Avenue be declared a National Historic Site. Gordon Fulton, along with Fern Graham, both of the Parks Service Architectural History Branch, had researched "Roads of Remembrance" in Canada and prepared a report.

In 1992, the Next-of-Kin Memorial Avenue was designated a national historic site of Canada because: it is an excellent example of the “Roads of Remembrance” and it is the only such boulevard in Canada to have retained its integrity. Official recognition refers to the roadway known as Memorial Avenue, beginning at the north edge of Warman Road and ending at the stone cairn located between cemetery lots J and K and includes the road, the stone cairn and a measured boundary extending 14.2 meters from the center-point of Memorial Avenue. On August 28, 1994, a plaque was unveiled during the annual Decoration Day Memorial Service at the Soldiers' Cairn in Woodlawn Cemetery.

The Next-of-Kin Memorial Avenue National Historic Site of Canada is a picturesque 0.7 kilometer-long Road of Remembrance. The avenue begins at a pair of stone pedestals, flanked by a wrought-iron fence and runs northwards following the western boundary of the cemetery. It ends in a paved circle surrounding a stone memorial cairn. The asphalt-paved roadway is flanked on either side by a single row of 112 stately, mature elm trees, accompanied by bronze plaques on wrought-iron stands that dedicate each tree to a deceased soldier.

Each tree has a plaque and plaque stand associated with it. Each plaque, or brass plate, contains the individual’s name, rank and date of service. Initially serving as protection for the tree, the guards are now used solely as stands for the plaque. Some of the original guards have grown into some trees. In the past, plaques and stands have been replaced as required (due to damage). Three different styles of plaque stands have been used over the years and can be found on the avenue. The original style was replaced with a two-spiked plaque stand (date uncertain). In 1984, the Director of Woodlawn Cemetery chose a one-rod stand instead of two to facilitate lawn maintenance. Since 2002, replacement stands are replicas of the original style and are constructed of black wrought iron. They are distinguishable from the originals because they are slightly taller. Of the 1,360 memorial tree plaques, 99% are in honor of a Veteran.

In November 1918, Canadians turned to the duty of commemorating the dead. Some promoted practical memorials like Roads of Remembrance. These linear tree-lined avenues had trees that were typically a single species, regularly spaced along each side of the avenue that would grow tall and stately. American elms were chosen for many of these avenues. A small plaque was used to assign a particular tree to a specific fallen soldier. In some cases, the next-of-kin was involved in purchasing the tree and/or plaque for the deceased soldier.

Roads of Remembrance were based on two symbol-laden images. The first was France’s tree-lined country avenues: “long straight roads, with large elms on either side, beautiful and useful, and loved by the Canadians overseas.” The second symbol was a living memorial: trees represented the victory of life over death. Memorial trees became living symbols of the sacrifices made in France and Belgium.

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The cairn was erected by the Hafford Remembrance Day Committee.

Constructed by stonemason Ernest W. Lapointe for Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 241, this memorial to Canadian veterans was unveiled in 1979.

This cairn was erected in 1950 and the Battle of Duck Lake was designated a national historic site by the federal government on the recommendation of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. It is located on the site of the first battle of the Northwest Resistance of 1885, within Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation.

At this place on 26 March 1885, the first in a series of battles took place and was considered an important victory for the Métis, who were grieved by uncertainty over land rights in the wake of Canadian expansion and encroaching settlement. While on the way to confiscate guns and ammunition from Hillyard Mitchell’s store near Duck Lake, a group of North West Mounted Police and civilians encountered a larger group of Métis, led by Gabriel Dumont. After a shot was fired, the North West Mounted Police and civilians retreated. As news of this encounter spread, Superintendent Leif N.F. Crozier gathered 52 North West Mounted Police, as well as 43 civilians, and they made their way along the Carlton Trail toward Duck Lake into Chief Beardy’s reserve. Chief Beardy made it clear that he wanted no part in the upcoming skirmish, and that he did not support Louis Riel. Meanwhile, the group of Métis had grown to include Isidore Dumont, Louis Riel, and Cree allies. The two groups eventually met, and the battle began when a North West Mounted Police interpreter, fearing an ambush, fired and killed Isidore Dumont. After 30 minutes of fighting with casualties suffered on both sides, Crozier ordered a retreat, and Riel ordered his followers not to shoot at them as they left.

This memorial was erected in honour of the local war dead of the First World War. A wooden plaque and further inscriptions were added after the Second World War to record the local fallen of that conflict.

Moosomin Royal Canadian Legion Branch 81 memorialized all 85 of the soldiers listed on the Moosomin Cenotaph by commissioning metal art plaques. Each plaque hung in the legion includes a photo, or a copy of the attestation papers if a photo was not available, and biography of the soldier. There are 26 plaques with soldiers that had ties to the Moosomin area but are not listed on the cenotaph, for a total 111 plaques.

The Legion got started on this project after the Moosomin town council was contacted by Canadian Fallen Heroes, the organization that researches, writes biographies and locates photos of the fallen heroes. The Legion unveiled the first eight plaques on Remembrance Day 2018 and the final plaques were completed for Remembrance Day 2019.

This project would not have been possible to be complete in such a short time period without the support of the business in the town of Moosomin and district.

On December 3, 1947, the Frobisher Branch was formed. Some years later the BESL part of the title was dropped and it became The Royal Canadian Legion, Frobisher Branch 343. 

Over the years, there was always a November 11th service held, followed by a pot-luck meal and a time of singing and fellowship. This continued until 1997, when dwindling numbers in membership made it difficult to organize, so the Legion voted to attend and take part in the services at the school who very ably have been conducting a community service. In 1987, the Legion undertook a Remembrance project of putting up a photo gallery of all past Veterans and also made Honour Rolls to be placed in certain locations throughout the town. In 1990, a cenotaph was built in front of the Frobisher Legion hall to recognize the fallen soldiers of the great wars. In 1986, the Branch and Auxiliary held their 60th Anniversary celebration, which included a tulip planting campaign. After the Branch and Auxiliary closef in 2002, the property was turned over to the town and some of the members transferred to the Alameda Branch.