Discussions

With the upcoming Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the members of the Brandon Horticultural Society proposed a tree planting ceremony at Jubilee Park in Brandon’s west end, just north of Fleming School.  
 
Accordingly organizations, or individuals planted trees in honour of a Brandon resident. To identify the trees, carved stone plaques were installed.  
 
Local citizens including Mr. W. B. Bain, Mr. W. N. Sutherland, Ms. Mary McGuinness, Mr. George Dinsdale, and Reverend J. E. Bell constructed a Cairn.  
 
After the dedication of the Cairn, the park was renamed the “Coronation Park”. At the Ceremony of dedication a litany was read, it partly said: “Thou shalt not destroy the trees by forcing an axe against them, and thou shalt not cut them down for the tree of the field is man’s life.”  
 
Source: Brandon a City. G. F. Barker