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The unknown soldier / by Granfield, Linda.;
Shows national monuments in 15 different countries, plus tributes, symbols and how DNA testing has identified Canadian and American unknown soldiers.LSC
Subjects: War memorials; Soldiers' monuments; Unknown military personnel;
© c2008., Scholastic Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Canada's Great War album : our memories of the First World War / by Morrison, Deborah.; Newman, Don.; Reid, Mark Collin,editor.; Reid, Mark Collin,editor.;
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
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By the ghost light : war, memory, and families / by Thomson, R. H.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From one of Canada's most beloved performing artists comes an audacious work of non-fiction that explores the stories that shape us and the reach that the past can have across generations. Growing up north of Toronto, R.H. Thomson's imagination was captured by romantic notions of war. He spent his days playing with toy soldiers on the carpet of his grandmother's house, recreating the Battle of Britain with model planes in his bedroom, or sitting at the local theatre watching World War II B movies--ones that offered a very clear perspective on who were the heroes and who the villains; which side were the victors and which the vanquished. Yet Thomson's childhood was also shaped by the spirits of real-life warriors in his family, their fates a brutal and more complicated reminder of the true human cost of war. Eight of Robert's great uncles--George, Joe, Jack, Harold, Arthur, Warren, Wildy, and Fred--fought in the First World War, while his great Aunt Margaret served as a wartime surgical nurse in Europe. Five of the great uncles--George, Joe, Fred, Wildy, and Warren--were killed in battle while two others--Jack and Harold--would return home greatly diminished, spending the rest of their lives in and out of sanitariums, their lungs scarred by disease and poison gas. Throughout their lives, the great uncles, as well as great aunts and cousins, were faithful letter writers, their correspondence offering profound insights into their experiences on the front lines to their loved ones back home, a somber record of the sacrifice the family paid. In By the Ghost Light, R.H. Thomson offers an extraordinary look at his family's history while providing a powerful examination of how we understand war and its aftermath. Using his family letters as a starting point, Thomson roams through a century of folly, touching on areas of military history, art, literature, and science, to express the tragic human cost of war behind the order and calm of ceremonial parades, memorials, and monuments. In an urgent call for new ways to acknowledge the dead, R.H. has created "The World Remembers," an ambitious international project to individually name each of the millions killed in the First World War. Epic in its scope and incredibly intimate in its exploration of lives touched by the tragedy of war, By the Ghost Light is a truly original book that will challenge the way we approach our history"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Thomson, R. H.; Thompson family; World War, 1914-1918;
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Highway of Heroes / by Stinson, Kathy.;
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Subjects: War memorials; Afghan War, 2001-; Afghan War, 2001-;
© c2010., Fitzhenry & Whiteside,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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My father's son : memories of war and peace / by Mowat, Farley,1921-; Mowat, Helen Anne.; Mowat, Angus McGill1892-1977.;
Subjects: Mowat, Farley, 1921- ; Canada. Army; World War, 1939-1945; Soldiers; Ortona (Italy), Battle of, 1943.;
© c1992., Key Porter Books,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The fight for history : 75 years of forgetting, remembering, and remaking Canada's Second World War / by Cook, Tim,author.;
"A masterful telling of the way World War Two has been remembered, forgotten, and remade by Canada over seventy-five years. The Second World War shaped modern Canada. It led to the country's emergence as a middle power on the world stage; the rise of the welfare state; industrialization, urbanization, and population growth. After the war, Canada increasingly turned toward the United States in matters of trade, security, and popular culture, which then sparked a desire to strengthen Canadian nationalism from the threat of American hegemony. The Fight for History examines how Canadians framed and reframed the war experience over time. Just as the importance of the battle of Vimy Ridge to Canadians rose, fell, and rose again over a 100-year period, the meaning of Canada's Second World War followed a similar pattern. But the Second World War's relevance to Canada led to conflict between veterans and others in society--more so than in the previous war--as well as a more rapid diminishment of its significance. By the end of the 20th century, Canada's experiences in the war were largely framed as a series of disasters. Canadians seemed to want to talk only of the defeats at Hong Kong and Dieppe or the racially driven policy of the forced relocation of Japanese-Canadians. In the history books and media, there was little discussion of Canada's crucial role in the Battle of the Atlantic, the success of its armies in Italy and other parts of Europe, or the massive contribution of war materials made on the home front. No other victorious nation underwent this bizarre reframing of the war, remaking victories into defeats. The Fight for History is about the efforts to restore a more balanced portrait of Canada's contribution in the global conflict. This is the story of how Canada has talked about the war in the past, how we tried to bury it, and how it was restored. This is the history of a constellation of changing ideas, with many historical twists and turns, and a series of fascinating actors and events."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Collective memory; Memorialization;
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The danger tree : memory, war, and the search for a faily's past / by Macfarlane, David 1952-;
Subjects: Macfarlane, David, 1952-; Goodyear family.; Newfoundland; Newfoundland;
© 1991., Macfarlane, Walter & Ross
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Canadians at war. by Evans Shaw, Susan,1944-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Canada. Canadian Armed Forces; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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In Flanders Fields : 100 years / by Betts, Amanda,1978-editor.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: McCrae, John, 1872-1918.; Collective memory and literature; Collective memory; Essays.; Remembrance Day (Canada); World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Vimy oaks : a journey to peace / by Granfield, Linda.; Deines, Brian.;
Recounts the story of Lieutenant Leslie H. Miller, a teacher and farmer, who was part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917. At the battle, he picked up a handful of acorns and mailed them home where they were planted at his farm in Ontario and became oak trees. In April 2017, seedlings from these oaks will be repatriated to their original territory at Vimy Ridge as part of the ceremonies to mark Canada's contribution to the war.LSC
Subjects: Miller, Leslie H., 1889-1979; Vimy Memorial (France); War memorials; War memorials; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; Vimy Ridge, Battle of, France, 1917; Tree planting; Memorialization; Soldiers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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