Murals on Display

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2101 This summer to commemorate the 350th anniversary of Longueuil,
the three boroughs will be displaying murals to commemorate each's history.
Greenfield Park's mural will be displayed on our town hall above the
doors to the fire station. We were hoping they'd take down the Longueuil sign
that is displayed there now, but no such luck. Anyways we were asked to help
choose what will be displayed on the mural.

The historical society decided that we would portray a scene from the earliest days 1911-1919. We decided to include the following things from left to right: A World War 1
soldier talking to a woman in period costume. We wanted to have a soldier
because of our town's great contribution in both world wars.

Then the first town hall which can be seen on page 10 of my book, followed by the old station,
and a Montreal and Southern Counties Railway Car arriving at the corner of
Devonshire. Next came Smith's General Store which was one of the
earliest businesses. Then came our problem. The other things we wanted depicted
were far away. So through the use of artistic licence, we moved three
buildings into view.

First the old Catholic School, and in the distance the first
St.Paul's Church built in 1910, an old car, and finally the first Royal
George School before any additions. We also decided to have one person
of historic merit in the picture. We chose Mayor William J. Murray the
town's first mayor. He is going to be seen disembarking from the streetcar.
This is a preliminary sketch drawn by the artist. The final version
will be in color.

2102 A sketch of Mayor Murray disembarking from the streetcar.

Thanks John R.