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History Slam Episode 156: For Home and Empire

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https://activehistory.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/History-Slam-156.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBy Sean Graham When we talk about the First World War, it is usually in national terms. In Canada, there is discussion of national mobilization efforts and the federal government’s implementation of programs and policies to support the war effort. These efforts, though, took place at a local level. Battalions within the Canadian Expeditionary… Read more »

An American Legion in the CEF? Crossing Borders during “Canada’s” First World War

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By Chris Dickon On the American Armistice Day, November 11, 1927, the United States and Canada came together at Arlington Cemetery outside of Washington DC to dedicate a monument to Americans who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), Canada’s First World War army. The representatives that day remarked upon a feature of their shared history that was not well… Read more »