Eugenia Cenotaph
This cenotaph has been restored to its former glory, thanks to local volunteers. Many hours were spent restoring the white marble and the iron fence about 5 years ago, by members of the Flesherton Legion. The gardens have been weeded and planted by members of the Eugenia District Community Improvement Association and the Friends of Eugenia Falls. We are grateful to those who care enough to put in the effort. A plaque has also been put up to dedicate the ginkgo tree.Notice the ginkgo tree leaves to the top left. This tree was planted here around 1920. Do you wonder who would have been able to get a Ginkgo tree in 1920? This was just after WWI, how could anyone bring a Ginkgo tree here to Eugenia at that time? No one knows for sure why it was planted here, but the legend is very interesting. How does it relate to the cenotaph? Visit the Eugenia Gold Rush Days on July 14, 2007 at 11 am to find out.
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This information is from SPLIT RAIL HISTORY OF ARTEMESIA TOWNSHIP BOOK (1st edition). "A very special tree is in the Memorial enclosure. In World War 1, Oly Allison from near Maxwell served overseas. He had taught at Rock Mills and Maxwell schools, then went into Medical School with Dr. Guy of Maxwell. He volunteered for a very hazardous mission in which he was killed. He was posthumously awarded the Queen's Cross, and the late Prince of Wales (King Edward VIII) presented it to his father Jos. Allison, in Toronto, along with two small trees, one a gingo tree from India, very sacred there, and one from Germany. Mr. Allison gave them to Mrs. Williard Thurston of Flesherton who had lost a son, and then to Mrs. William Boyd of the W.I. They presented them to the Memorial Committee and the gingo still grows, it leaves hanging vertically as is it characteristic. Only two others were similarly given, one at Guelph and one at Port Elgin which was unfortunately uprooted a few years ago".
See the new post for more information about this. April 2008.
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