2010 commemorations 

Memorial Bell served as gathering important monument and memorial site of Brantford, used to bring people together for fundraisers, marches and civic events. At the armistice of the First World War, it became a rallying point spontaneous celebration. It was also used to help raise funds for Brantford Cenotaph, another Allward work.

In 2010, both Parks Canada and the Historic Sites and Monuments of Canada celebrated the work Allward in two separate commemorations. In July this year, the first ceremony was held in the grace of Brantford Anglican Church, next to the Memorial Bell. After the ceremony, Lt. Col. Scott Myers Allward and Mrs. Elsie Martin, great-grandchildren of Allward and Bell, respectively, posed for the media on the stone steps in front of the monument, 93 years after its inauguration by their large grandfathers. The Bell Homestead National Historic Site in Brantford (also known as Melville House), the first home of the Bell family in North America, was also launched at the same time again on its 100th anniversary. Ontario Lieutenant Governor David Onley attended a dinner and concert in Brantford to commemorate the dedication of the Memorial Bell Bell Homestead.

A month later, the Commission on Historic Sites and Monuments plaque affixed to the monument honoring the sculptor himself, noting the appointment of Allward as a person of national historic significance because of its "original meaning ... spatial composition, his mastery of classical form and his brilliant skills "