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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 door. […] For some years, this “Greetings from Humberside” poster hung over the fireplace of a steak house in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Attractive, colourful, and no doubt at times a conversation piece, it was a long way from home. The whole of Humberside Collegiate Institute in Toronto sent greetings to their sailors posted in Halifax. Humberside Collegiate Institute […] For King and Country began as a simple project to make available the names of all Toronto students who had served in any war. Our first school “histories” were sketchy outlines only: opening date; name changes; anniversaries or reunions; sometimes a closing date. A pleasant surprise once the project got rolling, was the interest readers […] |
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