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A Much-Awaited Announcement

Black and white photograph of six people in front of a giant thermometer. Three rows of cadets and several young people watching the scene under grey skies. In the background, two billboards.

Date: May 1944

Source: Verdun Borough Archives

With the help of a giant thermometer at the corner of Verdun and Church Avenues (today Verdun and De l’Église streets), Mayor Edward Wilson announced the results of a fundraising drive organized during the Sixth Victory Bond campaign in May 1944. Verdun’s famous fighter ace, Pilot Officer George Beurling, seen in the photograph, was there to promote the campaign.