Veterans Commemorative Park
Municipality/Province: Kemptville, ON
Memorial number: 35041-055
Type: Park, stelia - grey granite
Address: Highway 416 and Rideau River Road
Location: Veterans Commemorative Park
GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.0825505 Long: -75.6308596
Submitted by: R.A. Johnson
Photo credit: Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Veterans Commemorative Park is dedicated to the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces. The park was the collective efforts of the Ontario Seniors' Secretariat, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and the Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Command District G. Officially opened in 2000, the Veterans’ Commemorative Park features monuments and gardens to be used for Remembrance Day commemorations as well as other Legion activities.
Inscription found on memorial
[slab/dalle]
VETERANS
COMMEMORATIVE
PARK
[left panel/panneau de gauche]
THIS PARK IS DEDICATED
TO THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE CANADIAN ARMED
FORCES FOR THEIR SERVICE
AND SACRIFICE ON
BEHALF OF CANADA IN
WAR AND PEACE.
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
CE PARC EST DEDIE
AUX HOMMES ET AUX
FEMMES DES FORCES
ARMEES CANADIENNES
POUR LEUR CONTRIBUTION
ET LEURS SACRIFICES
EN TEMPS DE GUERRE
ET DE PAIX.
NOUS NOUS EN SOUVIENDRONS
[middle panel/panneau du centre]
CANADIAN ARMED FORCES
(three crests: Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Armed Forces, and Royal Canadian Air Force/trois écussons suivent : ceux de la Marine royale du Canada, des Forces armées canadiennes et de l’Aviation royale du Canada)
[right panel/panneau de droite]
ERECTED IN THE YEAR 2000
BY THE
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
DISTRICT G
OF ONTARIO COMMAND
THIS VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE PARK
WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
GENEROSITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF
ONTARIO AS A LEGACY OF THE 1999
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS
MONUMENT ERIGE EN L'AN 2000
PAR LA
LEGION ROYALE CANADIENNE
DISTRICT G
COMMANDEMENT DE L'ONTARIO
L'ETABLISSEMENT DE CE PARC
COMMEMORATIF DES ANCIENS COMBATTANTS
A ETE RENDU POSSIBLE GRACE A LA
GENEROSITE DU GOUVERNEMENT DE
L'ONTARIO QUI A VOULU SOULIGNER
POUR LA POSTERITE L'ANNEE
INTERNATIONALE DES PERSONNES
AGEES (1999)
Street view
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