Kemptville Cenotaph

11:00 am - Remembrance Day Service
At the Cenotaph, Prescott Street
(in front of the old High School)
Municipal Flags will be lowered to half-mast. Remembrance Day is an important day in the Canadian calendar and is an opportunity to give meaning to past sacrifice and acknowledge the courage of those presently serving. Originally called Armistice Day, it marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, back in 1918.

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CENOTAPH
Was designed and manufactured in 1921, using seven blocks of Stanstead grey granite from the Beebe, Quebec quarry and includes the carved statue of a young soldier, bases and twin shafts.
During the month of May 1922, the cenotaph was erected on the north side lot of the old Kemptville post office on Prescott St., through the combined financial efforts of the Women's Institute and the Town of Kemptville, Oxford-on-Rideau and South Gower Councils. An official unveiling ceremony was held on June 3, 1922, in memory of the men from these municipalities who laid down their lives in the Great War.