St. Laurent War Memorial - St. Laurent, Manitoba, Canada
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This monument is located in front of the Catholic Church in St. Laurent.
Waymark Code: WMVVD3
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 05/28/2017
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The monument consists of an oblong block of limestone with a plaque carrying an excerpt from a well-known memorial poem, and three smaller plaques listing the wars commemorated.
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War I
World War II
Korean War
In Honor Of: Those Who Died
Marker Text:
THOSE WHO DIED
They shall not grow old
As we are left to grow old
Age shall not worry them
Nor the years condemn
At the going down of the
Sun and in the morning
We shall remember them
World War I
1914 - 1918
World War II
1939 - 1945
Korea
1950 - 1953
Who Put it Here?: Unknown
Description of Memorial:
The Memorial sits on a two-tiered base, the lower tier being concrete and the upper tier limestone. The Memorial itself is an irregular four-sided block of limestone with a plaque carrying the text above three smaller plaques listing the three wars.
Date of dedication: Not listed
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