Bassano Cenotaph
Municipality/Province: Bassano, AB
Memorial number: 48025-079
Type: Stone
Address: 522 2 Avenue
Location: Bassano Memorial Park
GPS coordinates: Lat: 50.7868177 Long: -112.4656156
Submitted by: Bassano Memorial Library
Photo credit: Bassano Memorial Library
On June 13, 1992, the Bassano Cenotaph was dedicated by Reverend Gil Arthur of Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 10 in Strathmore. The rock was excavated years ago on the north side of the Bow River by Peter Burrows and Arnold Armstrong. It was hauled to Bassano and offered to the Agriculture Society for a weight guessing contest at the Fall Fair. When the contest did not happen, the rock was set down by a shop at Fourth Street and Second Avenue. The Library Board obtained the rock when the shop was demolished and it was set it down in the small park next to the library by Bob Havens.
Inscription found on memorial
LEST WE FORGET
DEDICATED TO
THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO
SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
DONATED BY
THE BASSANO R.C.M.P.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF THE
BASSANO DISTRICT.
Street view
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