Sherbrooke War Memorial, War memorial at King Street West, Sherbrooke, Canada
The Sherbrooke War Memorial is a cenotaph on King Street West in Sherbrooke, consisting of four bronze figures cast in Belgium on a granite pedestal from Stanstead. It shows an angel with outspread wings, the allegory of Victory, flying over three Canadian soldiers in a trench.
A citizens' committee requested the memorial on May 21, 1923, and the city council set aside $25,000 that year for a design competition won by George William Hill. It was unveiled on November 7, 1926, by Mayor James Keith Edwards before more than 20,000 people. A second plaque, reading "Leur souvenir vivra éternellement", was added on November 7, 1948, for World War II veterans and soldiers from the Estrie region.
The bronze plate lists 248 Sherbrooke soldiers who died in World War I, published in La Tribune the day before the 1926 inauguration. A second plate, added on 7 November 1948, bears the words "Leur souvenir vivra éternellement" for World War II veterans and soldiers from the Estrie region. Soldier Eugene Tremblay is accidentally missing from the first plate, while Raymond Duperron appears on the second due to identity theft, though he did not die in the war.
The monument stands on King Street West, in the Les Nations borough. The bronze figures were cast in Belgium and the granite base comes from Stanstead. The 2009 restoration by the Centre de conservation du Québec cost $60,300, shared between Veterans Affairs Canada and the City of Sherbrooke.
The angel's wings and the three soldiers were cast in Belgium, while the granite pedestal was quarried at Stanstead, then known as the granite capital of Canada. The monument is nicknamed "the three-legged angel" by Sherbrooke residents.
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