Aurora's Yonge Street war memorial is 100 years old
A formal rededication ceremony of the 100-year-old Aurora-King-Whitchurch war memorial, at the Aurora Peace Park, on the east side of Yonge Street in south Aurora, is to take place on Friday, October 3, at 5.30 p.m. The cenotaph ceremony will feature a 12-piece street banner program facing the Yonge Street sidewalk. The cenotaph commemorates those who lost their lives in the Second World War, Korean War and the Afghanistan conflict.
The Aurora branch of Royal Canadian formal rededication ceremony of the 100-year-old Aurora-King-Whitchurch war memorial, at the Aurora Peace Park, on the east side of Yonge Street in south Aurora, is to take place on Friday, October 3, at 5.30 p.m. The cenotaph ceremony will feature a 12-piece street banner program facing the Yonge Street sidewalk. The cenotaph commemorates those who lost their lives in the Second World War, the Korean War and the Afghanistan conflict.
The Aurora branch of the Royal Canadian Legion will lead the public ceremony and it will also host a community reception at the Legion at 104 Industrial Parkway North after the ceremony.
The exhibition at the Aurora Peace Park will explore how Aurora, King and Whitchurch/Stouffville memorialized those who made their ultimate sacrifice during the 1st World War. The exhibition will feature artefacts from the three municipalities' collections and will tell the story of the memorial's creation and the Peace Park's legacy.
The visual story of the Cenotaph will continue to be told through street banners commemorating the names on the memorial, which will be displayed across Aurora, King and Whitchurch-Stouffville.
Visitors to the rededication ceremony are reminded of limited parking at the site and should arrive early to find parking spots at nearby commercial properties.
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Barry Wallace
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