Forbes Park Bandstand - Hespeler, ON
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jiggs11
N 43° 25.860 W 080° 18.440
17T E 556062 N 4808911
Pavilion erected ca. 1920 in honour of the men of Hespeler who died during the Great War.
Waymark Code: WM11W2Z
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 12/26/2019
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Wooden 4-post bandstand erected by the Women's Institute of Hespeler as a memorial to those men from Hespeler who died during the First World War.
The bandstand features a marker on the northeast post, with the accompanying names of the fallen.
Marker reads:
THIS BANDSTAND
WAS ERECTED
by the
WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
AS
A
MEMORIAL TO THE
MEN OF HESPELER
who gave their lives
in the War
1914-1918
There are 55 names on the second marker.
The bandstand is located just west of the entrance to the park off Kribs Street.
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1920
Private or Public Monument?: Private
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Women's Institute of Hespeler
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: North America
Physical Address of Monument:
16 Kribs Street
Cambridge, ON CA
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Website for this Monument: Not listed
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