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This bronze plaque was unveiled in memory of the members of the congregation who died as well as those who served during the First World War.

This plaque was unveiled in honour of the 154th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, and in memory of the 146 members who died in the First World War. 

The 154th Battalion was raised in the counties of Stormant, Dundas and Glengarry, near Cornwall Ontario. It embarked for England on 16 October 1916, arriving in the UK later that month. It was disbanded a few months later after its members were tranferred to other battalions as reinforcements. The Stormant, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders perpetuate the 154th Battalion.

This plaque was unveiled in memory of Colonel Darby Bergin, MD, MP and first Commanding Officer of the Stormont and Glengarry Battalion of Infantry. 

Bergin was born in York (Toronto) and received his medical degree from McGill College in Montreal, following which, he practiced medicine in Cornwall. Bergin was elected Member of Parliament in 1872. 

Colonel Bergin’s military career began in 1850 as the Regimental Surgeon for the 3rd Battalion, Stormont Militia. In 1851, he was with the 4th Battalion, Stormont Militia. He served in the 1st Volunteer Militia Rifle Company of Cornwall as Regimental Surgeon from 1858 until 1862.

In 1862, he became the officer in charge of the Cornwall Infantry Company. During the Trent Affair (1862), he raised the 1st Rifle Company in Cornwall serving as commanding officer with the rank of Captain. This marked his change in role from surgeon to infantry commander. He was promoted major in 1866.

On 3 July 1868 with the creation of the 59th Stormont & Glengarry Battalion of Infantry, he became its first commanding officer. He was promoted lieutenant colonel in 1869 when the 59th was 439 strong with “a fair brass band of 12”. He held this appointment until 1885. The 59th Battalion is the precedent unit of today’s Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders.

In 1885, he became Canada’s first Surgeon General, laying the groundwork for the creation of a permanent medical corps. 

After his death, Bergin was honoured with one of the largest public funerals ever held in Eastern Ontario.

These flags were presented to the Stormont Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, by the citizens of Knokke, Belgium in memory of the “Glengarrians” who fought for the liberation of their city. 

The memorial consists of two framed flags affixed back-to-back and, produced especially for the occasion, a SDG Highlanders Battle Honours flag on which are inscribed the Battle Honours of the Battalion and a Belgium flag. 

The Stormont Dundas Glengarry Highlanders fought throughout the Scheldt and in October-November of 1944 took part in OPERATION SWITCHBACK. They were part of 9 Brigade, 3rd Infantry Divison that liberated Knokke, Belgium, as part of this operation.

This memorial is dedicated to the men and women who served Canada.

This mural was unveiled in 1995 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Allied Forces victory in Europe (VE- Victory Europe).

This memorial was unveiled in memory of Brigadier General Tecumseh.

Born in March 1768 in the area of present-day Ohio, Tecumseh was a Shawnee chief and warrior. He became the primary leader of a large, multi-tribal confederacy, who envisioned an independent native nation east of the Mississippi. While attempting to recruit more allies among the southern US tribes, his confederacy and US government troops engaged in a battle that would see the main settlement of his confederacy (located just north of Lafayette, Indiana) captured and burned.

Tecumseh and his confederacy continued to fight the Americans after forming an alliance with Great Britain in the War of 1812. During the war, Tecumseh's confederacy helped in the capture of Fort Detroit. However, after US naval forces took control of Lake Erie in 1813, the British and their native allies retreated into Upper Canada. On 5 October 1813, the American forces engaged the British and their allies at the Battle of the Thames during which Tecumseh was killed.

This mural commemorates soldiers returning home to Morrisburg after the end of the Second World War.

This monument is dedicated to the citizens of Morrisburg who gave their lives in the Second World War.

This Cenotaph was erected to honour the memory of the members of the Mille Roches and Moulinette communities who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars. 

Milles Roches and Moulinette were among six villages and three hamlets lost with the Hydro and St. Lawrence Seaway projects of the 1950s. On July 1, 1958, the last coffer dam was opened, allowing the waters of the St. Lawrence River to roll over 16,000 hectares of river-front property west of Cornwall. In preparation for this flooding, 6,500 inhabitants were relocated and many homes and structures moved to unaffected areas. Some buildings were preserved at Upper Canada Village as well as the Lost Villages Museum. In the case of the Mille Roches and Moulinette Cenotaph, it was moved to the Lost Villages Museum site to ensure the sacrifice of their citizens would not be forgotten.