Wolfe–Montcalm Monument
{{Infobox military memorial
| name = Wolfe–Montcalm Monument
| body = Canada
| image = 250px
| caption = The memorial in 2017
| commemorates = two generals who fought and died in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham
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| coordinates = {{coord|46.81109|-71.20513|type:landmark_region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| location = Governors' Garden, Quebec City, Canada
| nearest_town =
| designer = Captain John Crawford Young
| inscription = Their courage gave them a common death, history a common fame, posterity a common memorial
| established =
| unveiled = {{start date and age|1828|p=yes}}
| total =
| unknowns =
| commemorated = James Wolfe
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
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The Wolfe–Montcalm Monument is in Governors' Garden beyond the southern side of the Château Frontenac, Quebec. The obelisk is the oldest monument in Quebec City and the second-oldest war monument in Canada (1827) (the first being Nelson's Column, Montreal, 1809).[http://archiseek.com/2010/1828-wolfe-and-montcalm-obelisk-quebec/ Irish Georgian Society – Archiseek][http://dailycommercialnews.com/Home/News/2010/4/Parks-Canada-fixing-Wolfe-Montcalm-monument-in-Quebec-City-DCN038367W/ Parks Canada fixing Wolfe-Montcalm monument in Quebec City.Daily Commercial News Apr 14, 2010] The mason who made the monument was John Phillips and the architect was Captain John Crawford Young (1788–{{Circa|1859}}){{Cite web |title=John Crawford Young |url=https://collections.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/people/2179/john-crawford-young |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=collections.musee-mccord-stewart.ca |language=en}} of the 79th (Cameron) Highlanders.[http://parkscanadahistory.com/series/saah/neoclassical.pdf Parks Canada p. 39][https://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artist.php?iartistid=6034 John Crawford Young – National Gallery of Canada] The monument commemorates the gallantry of the two generals, James Wolfe and Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, who fought (and both died) in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham; it is one of very few monuments to the victor and the defeated in the same battle. The monument was unveiled in 1828 by Governor Dalhousie. The translation of the Latin on the monument, written by John Charlton Fisher reads "Their courage gave them a common death, history a common fame, posterity a common memorial."{{cite web |url=http://www.uwo.ca/english/canadianpoetry/cpjrn/vol32/preface.htm |title=Monumentalités |website=www.uwo.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040727112607/http://www.uwo.ca/english/canadianpoetry/cpjrn/vol32/preface.htm |archive-date=2004-07-27}}
The monument was whitewashed sometime after 1987.
John Crawford Young
The monuments architect, Young, was a captain in the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot in 1817. By 1833, he was a major.{{Cite book |last=Highlanders |first=Great Britain Army Queen's Own Cameron |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_AQkAAAAMAAJ&dq=john+crawford+young+79th+cameron+highlanders&pg=PA290 |title=Historical Records of the 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders |date=1887 |publisher=Hamilton, Adams |pages=290 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Maitland |first=Leslie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=buNPAAAAMAAJ&q=john+crawford+young+architect |title=Neoclassical Architecture in Canada |date=1984 |publisher=National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, Environment Canada |isbn=978-0-660-11529-0 |pages=39 |language=en}}
Gallery
File:Wolfe and Montcalm Monument on Des Carrières Street, Quebec City, Quebec.jpg|An 1828 view from Rue des Carrières
File:Jardin des Gouverneurs, Québec vue générale vers le sud-ouest depuis la rue des Carrières 11-d.na.civile-87-3308.jpg|A view from the northeastern corner of the park in 1987, prior to the whitewashing of the monument
References
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