Events Archives | Verdun in Wartime: An Engaged Community

Canada Day Celebrations

In July 1953, Branch 202 Crawford Park organized an activity day in Queen Elizabeth Park for the Canada Day celebrations (then referred to as Dominion Day). The photograph […]

Activities for Young Verdunites

Here is a photograph of a reception for young hockey players from the Crawford neighbourhood in the […]

A Parade to Commemorate the Battle of Ypres

This photograph, dated April 23, 1943, shows some of the 4000 soldiers and veterans who participated in the parade commemorating the Battle of Ypres. The crowd was marching […]

The Armistice Ceremony

Here is a photograph, dated November 7, 1937, of the ceremony at the cenotaph during the Armistice Day (now Remembrance Day) commemorations in Verdun. Servicemen form an honour […]

Committed Women

Following the wars, Verdun’s women continued their work on behalf of veterans and the community at large. They formed the Verdun Ladies’ Auxiliary in Branch 4 Verdun and […]

A Happy Family Reunion

The newspaper article features private Victor J. Myatt who was captured and imprisoned by the Japanese in Hong Kong from December 1941 until the end of the war. […]

Memory of the Soldiers’ Return at Bonaventure Station

Translated excerpt of an interview with Noëlla Bisson (N.B.) and her husband René Bisson (R.B.) by historian Serge Durflinger. N.B.: They arrived at the hotel, at the Bonaventure […]

Memory of a Ceremony That Marked the History of Verdun

Audio clip: interview with Douglas Whyte (D.W.) , conducted by Serge Durflinger ( S.D.). Transcription: D.W.: And we in ‘42, I believe, ‘42, Beurling came home. S.D.: Yes, […]

George F. Beurling at the Verdun Auditorium

Pilot Officer George F. Beurling returned to Verdun on November 10, 1942, and was celebrated by some 6000 people at the Verdun Auditorium, the largest crowd gathered for […]

The Danger of an Air Strike

This drawing illustrates the relative danger a person could be in depending on where they were during a bomber attack. It was safer to be in a concrete […]

Women in the Verdun Red Cross

The women’s committee of the Verdun Red Cross was led by the mayor’s wife, Elizabeth Wilson. Members of the organization took part in the war effort by cutting […]

The Canadian Women’s Army Corps Recruiting in Verdun

In the photograph, Edward Wilson, Mayor of Verdun, hands the keys to a room in City Hall to Muriel Currell, a Verdun woman who had served for three […]