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Title
FLEMING-249 Front
Date(s)
- c. 1910 (Creation)
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Scope and content
- On November 10, 1900, the Burns Monument was unveiled. The subscribers of the monument erected to the memory of Robert Burns presented a Resolution dated November 9, 1900, transferring the monument to the City. The Resolution stipulated that the City must forever maintain and keep the same as a Monument and Fountain for the benefit of inhabitants of Victoria. In 1956 the park adminstrator directed the fountain part of the monument to be disabled citing health concerns. circa 1910.
- Printed on front: Burns' Monument, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C.