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A Team of Women Workers

This photograph features 1800 of the 2400 women employed by the British Munitions Supply Company in Verdun. Most of them were from Verdun and the south-west area of […]

The Royal Visit to Verdun

During his official visit to Canada in fall 1919, the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII) stopped in Verdun to pay tribute to the community’s exceptional […]

From Scotland to Verdun

Several Scottish associations sprang up in Verdun during the first half of the 20th century, including the Ladies Auxiliaries to the Order of Scottish Clans #98. In the […]

Proud Women of Verdun

A group of Verdun women posing proudly in front of the Union Jack. Featuring the colours and symbols of England, Scotland and Ireland, this flag was used by […]

Never Too Young to Mobilize

This photo taken on September 20, 1941, on the corner of Rielle and Verdun streets, shows children selling food to raise money for the Queen’s Canadian Fund in […]