On May 6, 1929 Sir William Mulock laid the cornerstone for York Memorial Collegiate Institute. The Township of York saw an investment in the future as a fitting memorial to 47 local young people who had died so recently in the Great War. The Depression loomed; accessible higher education at a neighourhood school would help […]
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Finding new things to say about “In Flanders Fields” is tricky. Most Canadians can recite a line or two. Many know the whole poem off by heart; maybe pausing to ponder did the poppies “blow” or “grow.” (The answer is “blow” in the first line; “grow” in the last verse.) On May 3, 1915, John McCrae, […] I think it caught people’s attention, and maybe made them think about Remembrance Day just a little bit longer. Thirty-four simple wooden crosses honour some of the Humberside students who died in the World Wars. They had lived down the street, around the corner, or maybe right next […] |
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