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MONDAY, NOVEMBER IO, 2014 I NORTHUMBERLAND TODAY.COM _ T _ l 'f h f t l i n onour O l . _ Agieaeaor.esaaaraT.Tgee served our c I Fr? Fr! OurNatare _ ' We Rem en I C t h b l f . f d eno ap a sym 0 0 SEWICG, ree om VALERIE MACDONALD “I; ‘. at ta _ NorthumberlandToday . " " , I . _ _ _ if} . " 7 - " as}; ' ' ' Mil , SBe, ,5 , x . _ _ e their J, FV" ALDERVILLE - The Alder- . f, It , 'iM f‘f' ashlar " " - a? , 'git R, a'.", t .1 ' g, _ " . MiiiiiE ' ville F1istNatiott Cenotaph, built ' ' " ' " TV . 1.4" w- . t '.-‘ . " ":17 t V AW, in 1927 by Alt McKee] and Son ' - . - F I _ ' . , ' ' " ,. M, . . ('3: . , of Campbellford, remembers the ‘ I " ' ' _ I I 3r; " First Nation men who fought in .-_ I - 4- " ;= / _ " “3;. the First and Second World Wars " . ' _ ’ _ "t. Er - _ ,1 ”oh-'17}; , and Vietnam, This year special ' . .r" . ‘1. 'i 1': - is" "-12 medals were to be presented at . r . fl. -1s'f " ' _ _ " ""a [ 'r _ _ a; ," the Nov. 9 Remembrance Day ' J I r, "t T l , _ C,' Mt service honouring thoseinWWI, _ f i. - F - _ 4.. an - ti , . he. 51 says Chief lim Bob Marsden. ‘. _ . ‘ . was . ' _ t 39' . " Some of the medals are the size e . _ ' i P, T a, “ V r» . 'uit? SM? ofsmallsaucers.he said, - vr _ N l ' 'j l w' 5 Pf - 'D1eshpificance ofthetall mon- w I _ , ' a CP- i i r» t ht iuhCi " umenton County 45 atAlderville . JN FL, / .5 ‘ _ , ,5. . , Ei - fd Prt a“ is described as follows in a history _ P ' ‘ f." ‘ / 1 ."'; t, g r a " .f' ofthe structure and its creation. I s'-.",' . f " - c, & Milt . I j "The cube on the verytop sym- - y , _ " (t . ' a _ C _ , Br F _ bolizes the four corners of the cf _ » . 4 f: ' . _ earth, The three globes beneath " "L w I M, " in}; _ the cube symbolize holy trim. . t _, (if; , ' " f ‘ - . ity. The three large pillars sup- ' ',: _ " . . porting the above symbolize the . . a, ' - 'Si - "r . l three holyvirtues: FAITH-HOPE, . f f'" '" . l CHARITY. The square base on .. -A . . which the Cenotaph stands sym- . Ad , " _ . bolize the four freedoms: FREE- _ . ' 5- h' a DOM or SPE1rCH-1rREEDOM “WWW” l FROM FEAR-FREEDOM OF Alderville First Nation Chief Jim Bob Marsden shares this photo of his family, including his grandmother RELIGION-FREEDOM OF THE Sarah Marsden and (from left) uncle Bruce Marsden who was a U.S. Paratrooper during the Second World l PRESS... ' War, uncle Norman Marsden Jr., father Robert Marsden, grandfather Chief Norman Marsden who served in "The nine large cubes situated the First World War and was aVeterans Guard during the Second World War, and uncle Vernon Marsden. I around the Cenotaph represent . the nine men who were killed in " ' Mt kQ a EY 7 ' .. h, . l World War 1. The chain that is " - '" , " . a E p, e _ . E _ a ,9 " . comprised or35linksthat encir- '" =Tg' A, A??? " ‘ r " © let l" l [aid ‘ _ Ts l ales the Cenotaph andis fastened Nt . " " , , E _ r Ll L "t , , = a. my qt . fl {if [ to thenine cubes represents who "‘ ligrfvr; " , r , l , l a , [at. Lv, L115 ' , ,7. , at , served in World War 1, and at _, y " _ 5 i q a I i' at? - 1 ' iliti - " 'aim I' Bi - " ‘ the same time represents ETER- RM. ' - - Cl . , ig - , ' ' a his" Mt “at; “Li? I Volunteers made the cement - _ _ " Pa g, Lt ' " ‘ ' "= - tt _ . for the monument by hand and __ , ' _ " r . _ i tar, " T ' others so lied meals as they 7' ' e ___ 'dheerrs/,'1t1,R'li,' construction of WWW SilBllmtDPlla'lo ‘ the monument, Marsden said in a Members of the Alderville First Nation community Young Myswatchasveterans march ina Remembrance recent interview. take part in the 2011 Remembrance Day Parade. Day parade after the Second Wbdd War. The unique monument has ' been restored three times: 1992, explained that "past tradition" the wars. for the community at the Conclu- 2000 and in 2011 '" likely due to was to hold it on Nov. 9 to allow During the 1950s, after the sion ofthe memorial service that themearby county rrotttlwhere _ area Canadian Legions to par- service, people were invited to has so much significance for the ' setting and sending operations ticipatmThe current participants. dinner and Cl1iefMarsden recalls _ Alderville First Nation., - are undertaken each year, the include Warkworth. Cobourg and one account where 75 satdown chief suggested. _ Bewdley Legion members, he to a wild duck dinner at his great- valerie.rnaodonald@sunmedia.ca "Aldehrille First Nation has a said. grandfather Norman's place. duty to preserve, look after and The event begins with a walk to "It was always a tradition with L twititrsx)m/liLvmauiimald care for this community Ceno- the cenotaph from the commu- mygrandparents," he said. taph for Future Generations, in nity centre along County Road 45 Norman Marsden was also the H Remembrance of all our Veter» where there is the traditional lay- man who put forward the plan ans,' he also stated in an e-mail. ing of the wreaths. for the monument after WWI, he Where most areas of the coun- "It is an emotional time," he said. l . tryhold their Remembrance Day said, as they honour the Fist The current tradition is lurtcb- servrces on Nov. ll, Marsden Nation military participation in eon at the community centre held (A . N \ , \i/