Many years later the Pictou County Cenotaph was formally unveiled on the 11th of July, 1935 at 2:30 p.m. It then contained the names of all the soldiers from Pictou County who died in the war.
Following World War II a second inscription and a second large bronze plaque was added, containing the names of the Second World War dead. After the Korean War a third inscription was made and the names of the two who died in the Korean War added on a third bronze plaque.
The cenotaph consists of a massive granite shaft with a stepped and bevelled base, atop a concrete pad. Surmounting the shaft is a life sized bronze sculpture of a family - the husband and father in uniform, going off to war with his rifle over his shoulder; his wife, tearfully bidding him goodbye while holding a wreath above the soldier's head and between them their son.
Following are the inscriptions on the cenotaph.
IN PROUD UNFADING MEMORY OF THE
GALLANT SONS AND BRAVE DAUGHTERS
OF THE COUNTY OF PICTOU
WHO IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1918
DIED GLORIOUSLY
IN DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE
AND THEIR CANADIAN HOMELAND
ETERNAL HONOUR GIVE
TO THOSE WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
1914 - WORLD WAR I - 1918
1939 - WORLD WAR II - 1945