Memorial Gates, Military memorial gate at University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Memorial Gates is a military memorial forming the original entrance to the University of Saskatchewan campus, flanking University Drive. The gates stand where the remnant of that road, now renamed Memorial Crescent, passes through them; a new road entrance was built to the west in the 1980s. The roadway remains open to vehicles but is used mainly by pedestrians.
The Memorial Gates were erected in 1927 as the entrance to the University of Saskatchewan campus, flanking University Drive. They commemorate the alumni who died in the Great War of 1914–1918, and the names of battles such as Ypres, the Somme, Vimy and Passchendaele are inscribed on the stonework. In the 1980s a new road entrance was built to the west, and the remnant of University Drive passing through the gates was renamed Memorial Crescent.
The gates carry an inscription naming alumni who died in the Great War of 1914–1918, and the battles Ypres, Somme, Vimy and Passchendaele are listed on the stonework. The dedication reads that they went forth from this university and gave their lives that we might live in freedom.
The gates stand on Memorial Crescent, the renamed remnant of University Drive that passes between them; the roadway is open to vehicles but pedestrians now use the gates most. A newer road entrance to the west, built in the 1980s mainly for traffic to Royal University Hospital, diverts most cars from this point.
The ashes of Frederick Haultain, a major figure in Saskatchewan history, were scattered at this memorial location. This final resting place connects the monument to an important person in the region's past.
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