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Canada’s first cold war

How Canadians went from fighting Germans in Europe to battling Bolsheviks in Russia after the First World War

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Hebron Mission Station 1906 with Harmony ship in background

History

When death came to Labrador

An excerpt from We All Expected to Die: Spanish Influenza in Labrador, 1918-1919

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History

The next 100 years

Now that a century has passed since the end of the First World War, is it inevitable that efforts to remember the events of the war will start to fade?

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St. Symphorien Cemetery, east of Mons, was established by the German Army in 1914 after the opening salvoes of the First World War. Private John Parr, the first British soldier to be killed on the Western Front, is buried here. So too is Private George Price, from Falmouth, Nova Scotia, who’s recognized as the last soldier of the British Empire to die in the First World War — at 10:58 on the morning of November 11, 1918. St. Symphorien contains the graves of 284 German soldiers along with 227 British, and t

History

Time and the war

Roaming First World War sites and cemeteries in northern France and Belgium, Stephen Smith reflects on what time heals — and what it can’t

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Canadian National Vimy Memorial monument with sheep grazing

History

Let the quiet have its say

There are many ways to honour those who served and died in global conflicts, such as going to memorials — but perhaps it’s best to spend time there alone

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People & Culture

A replica of Iron Man's suit, on display at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa

People & Culture

Exhibition traces the evolution of armour, from the Renaissance to Hollywood

Armour, on now at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, is a fascinating display of protective gear used by knights, soldiers, athletes and actors through time

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People & Culture

Q&A: Filmmaker Viveka Melki on war and the healing power of storytelling

"The point of all this is to make history intimate"

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1916 letter from George Cantlie to daughter Celia Cantlie with pressed flowers

People & Culture

A Canadian soldier’s “war flowers” and the resilience of the human spirit

War Flowers, a new exhibition on now at the Canadian War Museum, tells the stories of Canadians in the First World War through floriography, sculpture, scent and sound

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People & Culture

Cobourg, Ont. resident campaigns for 100 cities to plant poppies

Poppies planted in Canadian cities to mark the centenary of the First World War

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July/August 2014

Vimy Canadian Memorial photo essay

“In Flanders Fields”

Parks Canada places commemorating the First World War

Excerpt from ‘The Last Plague: Spanish Influenza and the Politics of Public Health in Canada’

Articles

Vimy centennial park aerial view vimy national historic site

Travel

New commemorative park opens at Vimy Ridge

Mapping

Our home and grateful land

History

“That never happened:” Film reveals the hidden history of Canada’s First World War internment operations

teachers caring for students sick with the Spanish Flu

History

The outbreak and its aftermath

teachers tend to children sick with Spanish Flu at Collège La Salle in Thetford Mines, Que.;

History

Canadian Geographic looks back at the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918

The Canadian National Vimy Memorial on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge

History

Mapping Canadian memorials overseas

First World War

The Victoria Cross medal set awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel David Vivian Currie, on display in the Canadian War Museum

History

Canadian War Museum acquires historic Victoria Cross

Acquisition ensures that the medal set awarded to Saskatchewan-born Lieutenant-Colonel David Vivian Currie in the Second World War will stay in Canada