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Following World War II, the returned service men of Pathlow and District met to form a Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. They obtained their charter on February 13, 1948. In May 1949, the Ladies’ Auxiliary was formed, obtaining their charter on May 14, 1949.  Circa 1960, the Pathlow Branch 344 purchased Pathlow Heights County School for their Legion building, moved it into Pathlow and turned the hall back to the community. A Cenotaph honouring local men killed in action was built nearby and dedicated in 1971 at an outdoor church service. In 1992, due to the decline of Legion membership, the Ladies’ Auxiliary turned in their charter and joined the Legion Branch as Associate members. November 11th has always been the focal point of Branch activities. Services alternated between Pathlow and St. Brieux Villages, until accommodation was no longer available in Pathlow. They now hold services in St. Brieux, which are always well supported. The Branch attends Remembrance Day services at Pleasantdale and St. Brieux schools.

Big River Branch 136 was granted its charter on April 23, 1930, with 15 active members. On August 3rd, 1951, the Branch 136 Ladies’ Auxiliary was granted its charter with 15 active members. Every year since 1951, a November 11th ‘Remembrance Day’ service has been held at the Legion hall on Main Street as well as at the schools. In 1953, a cenotaph and flagpole were constructed in front of the hall to commemorate the Branch members’ dedication to Remembrance, veterans, the Branch, and the Royal Canadian Legion and its objectives.

The Paddockwood Cenotaph was erected by the Paddockwood Royal Canadian Legion Branch 31. There are 375 names on the Cenotaph in Dorothy School in the Forest Gate area.

Arborfield cenotaph consists of a shaft on a platform. It was built to honor the sol­diers who gave their lives in bat­tle. The Dutch Canadian Friendship tulip garden is planted nearby.

The Dutch-Canadian Friendship Tulip Garden was erected in 2015 in partnership with Arborfield Legion Branch 203 and Communities in Bloom (CIB). Volunteers planted an interlaced pattern of red and white tulip bulbs in the garden beds surrounding the Memorial. The blooms will offer a visual reminder next spring of the link between the two countries.

Arborfield was one of the 140 communities selected from the more than 400 applications received by the Canadian Garden Council. Each of the 140 new 70th Anniversary Dutch-Canadian Friendship Tulip Gardens across the country will consist of 700 red and white tulip bulbs (350 of each colour) donated by Vesey’s Bulbs in Prince Edward Island.

Prince Albert was one of the 140 communities selected from the more than 400 applications received by the Canadian Garden Council. The garden was erected by Bancroft  Horticultural Society. Each of the 140 new 70th Anniversary Dutch-Canadian Friendship Tulip Gardens across the country will consist of 700 red and white tulip bulbs (350 of each colour) donated by Vesey’s Bulbs in Prince Edward Island.

The Garden was planted in fall 2015. Tulip bulbs generally bloom between the end of April and the beginning of June depending on the type of tulip and where it’s planted.

The memorial is dedicated as a living monument in recognition of the 70th Anniversary of the original Dutch-Canadian Friendship Tulip Garden planted in Ottawa at the end of World War II in 1945. The memorial is in appreciation of the safe haven that members of Holland’s exiled royal family received during World War II, and in recognition of the role Canadian troops played in the liberation of the Netherlands.

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The War Memorial was erected in 1930, in memory of the local boys who made the supreme sacrifice in the First World War. This monument was originally constructed west of Codette, the location at that time was known as Mac's Corners. Then in 1964 the monument was moved into Codette, Saskatchewan and placed close to the Legion Branch #275.

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Erected in October 1923 by the Town of Shellbrook, and the Royal Canadian Legion, this memorial was originally dedicated to all Canadian war dead, in particular those from Shellbrook and area. The property for the Memorial was on the east corner of Main Street and 2nd Ave. East in Shellbrook and was owned by the Canadian National Railway. The property had a slough hole to a depth of six feet, this required filling. Shellbrook Municipality donated one hundred and fifty dollars to purchase the lot. The Town of Shellbrook owned the adjacent lot and donated and three hundred dollars to the Legion. Subscriptions were received from the public as well. The memorial was erected in October 1923 on a six foot concrete base that rested on the original ground, then dirt fill was hauled in to level the property. Construction took place soon after in an impressive ceremony with all the Local Church Clergy, the militia, school children and the public. The memorial was later expanded to commemorate the losses of the Second World War and the Korean War. The Legion Memorial Cenotaph was turned over to the Town of Shellbrook as a permanent Memorial to those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars.