The Trail Cenotaph was constructed in 1951 in memory of those residents of Trail who died in WWI, WWII, and Korea. A smaller plaque also acknowledges the contribution of The Peacekeepers. Made of mortared in place flat faced local stone, rising about 10 feet (3 M) and bearing several brass plaques, it takes the form of a partial obelisk, concrete capped and set atop a large three tiered concrete foundation, centred in a herringbone red brick island. The inscription on the Cenotaph reads:
THEY
FOUGHT FOR PEACE
WITH HONOUR
1914-1918 1939-1945
During the Korean war, the City of Trail was relatively more fortunate than many other communities in that it lost a single soldier in the conflict: an R. English.
In 2009 a second monument was added on the east side of the first: a low pedestal bearing the kneeling figure of a WWI soldier
"A TRUE CHAMPION IN THE HOME OF CHAMPIONS"
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