Cenotaph, War memorial in Victoria Park, Regina, Canada.
The Regina Cenotaph stands in the centre of Victoria Park on a raised circular platform paved with stone and ringed by a low circular wall. It replaced the Davin Fountain, removed in 1926, and was unveiled on November 11, 1926, to honour Regina's dead of World War I. A 1990 rededication added an inscription for citizens who served in World War II and the Korean War.
The monument was unveiled on November 11, 1926, initially honoring soldiers from the region who died in World War I. Later inscriptions were added to commemorate the fallen from subsequent conflicts.
The cenotaph stands where the Davin Fountain, named for Nicholas Flood Davin, MP and founder of the Regina Leader-Post, stood from 1908 until its removal in 1926. The monument occupies a raised circular area paved in stone and ringed by a low circular wall at the centre of Victoria Park.
The cenotaph stands at the centre of Victoria Park, on a raised circular area paved in stone and ringed by a low circular wall, between 12th Avenue and Victoria Avenue. The park is two city blocks wide, split by Cornwall Street, with City Square Plaza on its north side. The memorial is reached on foot from the surrounding downtown streets.
The cenotaph replaced the Davin Fountain, named after Nicholas Flood Davin, the local MP and founder of the Regina Leader-Post, which had stood in the park since 1908 and was removed in 1926. The monument stands in a raised circular area paved with stone and ringed by a low circular wall at the centre of Victoria Park.
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