Type Archives | Verdun in Wartime: An Engaged Community

Maison Nivard-De Saint-Dizier

Here is a photograph of Maison Nivard-De Saint-Dizier, musée et site archéologique, located on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, in the borough of Verdun. This building […]

The Crawford Park Neighbourhood

Crawford Park is without a doubt the Verdun neighbourhood where the memory of military engagement is the most apparent. Several streets have names with military associations. The First […]

Parc du Souvenir

Parc du Souvenir is located in front of City Hall, on Verdun Street, between Willibrord Street and 1st Avenue. Initially known as Willibrord Park and then Monument Park, […]

An Emblematic Tower

Here is a photograph of one of the last vestiges of the war in Verdun: the tower of the former munitions factory built in 1916 and used during […]

Branch 4 Verdun Emblem

Here is a photograph of the Branch 4 Verdun emblem with the Latin motto Memoriam Eorum Retinebimus [We Will Remember Them]. The emblem is comprised of three main […]

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 […]

Inauguration of the Victory Memorial

This image presents the October 5th, 1924 program for the unveiling of the cenotaph erected in honour of the soldiers who died during the First World War. Transcription […]

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 […]

Veterans and the Housing Crisis

Verdun Branch no. 4 of the Canadian Legion identified the housing crisis as the main source of discontent among servicemen. This reproduction of a petition submitted by veterans […]

Veterans’ Housing

The photograph shows what was referred to as veterans’ housing, mostly built during the Second World War. This name was given to single-family homes that were built as […]