John Cunningham Reviews Tales Peopled with Local Personalities of Distant Germanic Origin During First World War
byThe vote on whether military service should be mandatory created its own localized pocket of division within Lunenburg County
The vote on whether military service should be mandatory created its own localized pocket of division within Lunenburg County
Letters, diaries and post-war memoirs enrich the soldiers’ tale
War never ends; its impacts haunt the generations and the stories are innumerable, and always worthy of consideration
100 years after the event, in our rush to glorify Canada’s participation in the First World War, we too easily forget that had it not been for the war the Halifax Disaster would not have occurred
Our latest issue dives deep into stories of the Halifax Explosion, truth and fiction and for young readers, on the occasion of its centennial
The Halifax Disaster was collateral damage, incidental to the world war in which Canada was so heavily involved
For those that like war-themed stories and don’t mind snippets of a love story, A Splendid Boy is a good read.