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Marching girls perform for the crowd attending the unveiling. The obelisk at Fitzroy Park, as it was then called, was unveiled in this ceremony by Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger. Marching girls performed as part of the occasion. Later, in 1954, the park was dedicated and renamed Memorial Park. The obelisk, in a state of disrepair, was removed in 1983 and now only the gates into the park remain as the memorial.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection
Date
October 19, 1952
Digitisation ID
2008P_Mo19e_WHF_1981
Held In
Coolstore

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Place
Main Street, Palmerston North

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Tags
1950s,
black and white,
fitzroy park,
memorial park,
obelisk,
photographs,
war,
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