Fitting in a Jane’s Walk on May Day
→I went on a Jane’s Walk this past Saturday. Which, yes, was May 2nd, the day after May Day. But May Day activities always tend to be on and around May 1st, rather than rigidly occurring only on the first…
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The Trip So Far
Earlier this week, the latest post in our series, “Canada’s First World War: A Centennial Series on ActiveHistory.ca” went up. It’s by Jonathan Weier, one of my fellow co-editors for the series. It’s called “On ‘The Road to 2017’: Reflecting…
Five Thoughts About the Second Battle of Ypres
In April, Canada’s commemorative attention normally focuses on the Battle of Vimy Ridge, fought in France from 9 – 12 April, 1917. The memory of Vimy tends to obscure another important April battle Canadians fought on the Western Front: the…