Victory Park

The park and its monument are not military memorials, but the name does refer to victory in war. After the Second World War, Hugh Gilchrist who was Red Deer Parks Superintendent and a war veteran, decided to name the park – Victory Park, as it was shaped like a V and the timing was appropriate (after the war). The land was designated park area and just happened to be shaped like a V because of surrounding streets.

Inscription

VICTORY PARK

THIS SMALL V-SHAPED PARK IS KNOWN LOCALLY
AS VICTORY PARK. THE SCULPTURE WHICH
DOMINATES THE PARK WAS COMMISSIONED
BY THE SCULPTURE FOR RED DEER COMMITTEE
AND WAS CREATED BY ARTIST DEAN EILERTSON
A NATIVE OF EDMONTON. THE MAIN STREET
SCENE WAS ONE OF A SERIES COMMISSIONED
IN 1980 TO COMMEMORATE THE 75TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA.

VICTORY PARK AND THE STREET SILHOUETTE
SCULPTURE SERVE AS A REMINDER OF THE EARLY
YEARS OF THE CITY OF RED DEER.

Le parc et le monument qui s’y trouve ne sont pas des mémoriaux militaires, mais leur nom fait allusion à la victoire des combattants. Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le surintendant des parcs de Red Deer, Hugh Gilchrist, un ancien combattant, a décidé de baptiser le parc « Victory Park », puisqu’il était en forme de V et que le moment était approprié, vu la fin du conflit. Le terrain désigné comme parc n’avait cependant cette forme qu’en raison du tracé des rues adjacentes.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.