Kamloops Remembers: Locals get lesson in history of war memorials in city
KAMLOOPS — While the world took time Sunday to reflect on the 100-year anniversary of the Armistice that ended the First World War, people of Kamloops gathered at Memorial Hill Park Saturday morning to learn more about the war memorials located in our city, as well as some of the people who took part in those conflicts.
One day before the nation stopped to remember the thousands of Canadians who have given their lives in service to our country, residents of Kamloops gathered at the cenotaph at Memorial Hill Park to learn more about the history of the structures built there to commemorate the local contribution to the First World War.
“They’re names I think that are really familiar to people,” Kamloops Museum Educator Keely Bland told those gathered at the park. “One that might be really familiar, especially considering the buildings right beside [the park] is the last name Wood. Norman Clark Wood was the son of E. Stuart Wood, the namesake of the former school just behind us.”
The event was billed as an “End of the Great War and Cenotaph tour” of the park, and culminated with the unveiling of a project which has been in the works for some time — Kamloops street signs adorned with poppies, to honour the people those streets were named after.