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The Richmond
Cenotaph
The Cenotaph
consists of an
eight-foot
cross, made of
dark polished
Barre granite
from Quebec, and
supported by a
Stanstead grey
base. Behind the
cross is a
three-foot
fieldstone wall
that contains
two bronze
plaques. The
inscriptions on
the plaques
read: "In memory
of those who
served" and "We
will remember
them".
The cross is
illuminated with
floodlights year
round, and
Christmas lights
are added during
the Christmas
season. The
Richmond and
District Branch
625 of The Royal
Canadian Legion
also maintains a
wreath at the
Cenotaph year
round.
The erection of
the Cenotaph had
been sponsored
by the Richmond
and District
Branch 625 of
The Royal
Canadian Legion
as a community
project. A
Patriotic Trust
Fund, which had
been started at
the end of WWII
to build a
suitable
Memorial, was
turned over to
the Legion
Branch at the
time of the
amalgamation of
Goulbourn
township. When
the decision was
made to build a
Cenotaph, the
Branch started
an intensive
fund-raising
campaign to
supplement the
Trust Fund,
which met with
great success.
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