| Wolfe–Montcalm Monument | |
| Body: | Canada |
| Commemorates: | two generals who fought and died in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham |
| Coordinates: | 46.8111°N -71.2051°W |
| Location: | Governors' Garden, Quebec City, Canada |
| Designer: | Captain John Crawford Young |
| Inscription: | Their courage gave them a common death, history a common fame, posterity a common memorial |
| Commemorated: | James Wolfe Louis-Joseph de Montcalm |
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).[1] [2] The mason who made the monument was John Phillips and the architect was Captain John Crawford Young (1788–)[3] of the 79th (Cameron) Highlanders.[4] [5] 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."[6]
The monument was whitewashed sometime after 1987.
The monuments architect, Young, was a captain in the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot in 1817. By 1833, he was a major.[7] [8]