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Over the course of its long history there have been a number
of monuments erected at historic Louisbourg in Nova Scotia, Canada. The partial
reconstruction of the 18th-century fortified town, beginning in the
1960s, is the most spectacular monument to a period in history, but there were
other commemorations, which can still be seen during a visit to the Fortress of
Louisbourg National Historic site.
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1946 Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame
Monument
In the ruins of Louisbourg there is a monument, erected in 1946,
to the memory of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame who taught in
Louisbourg.
Immediately behind the monument are the stabilized ruins representing the
convent
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CND Louisbourg Convent ~ 1731
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In 1895 members of the General Society of Colonial Wars
visited Louisbourg and the unveiled a red granite column at the fortress site.
The Society of Colonial Wars was organized in New York in
1892. Soon there were chapters in other states. The purpose of the Society was
to commemorate events from the pre-revolutionary period of the United States.
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The 1995 General Society of Colonial Wars New Stone
In 1995 during the July Grand Encampment which commemorated the1720 official
founding of Louisbourg and the 1745 siege of Louisbourg, the General Society of
Colonial Wars returned to Louisbourg and dedicated a new stone at the foot of
the one they had erected in 1895.
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"Triple unveiling ceremonies were held on August 10, 1939, at the old
Cemeteries at Rochefort Point, the unveiling of "The Memorial Cross."
"The Newton Replica" and "The Brothers’ Memorial
Monument." All three monuments were subscribed to and placed by friends of
the dead on Rochefort Point. The celebration took place in the afternoon. Though
the weather was not ideal for such an outing the assembly was large. Over three
hundred signed the Museum and Hospital registers, and as many more did not sign
on account of the delay and weather. . . The clergy throughout the southern
section of Cape Breton were well represented; also Sisters of Notre-Dame Order .
. . Automobiles from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and California, as well as
many from Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec, were seen in the parking lot.
The unveiling celebrations began at three o’clock in the afternoon His
Worship, Mayor Huntington, performed the duties of chairman with his usual
ability. . ." [Almon, Albert, Rochefort Point: A Silent City in
Louisbourg, Glace Bay, Cape
Breton, 1940, pp. 15 - 17
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"The Memorial Cross."
"The Newton Replica"
"The Brothers’
Memorial Monument"
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