Great War 100 Reads

Commemorating the centenary of the First World War in books


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Monday Monuments and Memorials – Canadian Pacific Railway Memorial Tablet, Toronto

It’s Labour Day in Canada and the US … a day to celebrate workers. Like other groups in society, many companies saw fit to memorialize their employees who had served in the war.

Toronto’s Union Station, at 65 Front St W between Bay and York, is the busiest passenger transportation facility in Canada. How many of the 200,000-300,000 daily travellers passing through stop to take in the memorial to Canadian Pacific Railway workers killed in WW1?

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