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Remembering . . .

. . . the preparation . . .

29th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force training at Hastings Park, 1914.
City of Vancouver Archives, item # CVA 99-155
Stuart Thomson photo

Recruiting Station at Victory Square, 1941.
City of Vancouver Archives, item # Mil P265
Photographer unknown

. . . the fond partings . . .

Young Warren Bernard reaches out for one last goodbye to his dad,
Jack Bernard, as the BC Regiment Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles,
marches down 8th Street, New Westminster, October 1, 1940.
City of Vancouver Archives, item # LP 109
C.D. Dettloff photo

. . . and tragic last good-byes. . .

62nd Overseas Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, departing for service, March 1916
City of Vancouver Archives Photograph Mil P67.2
Stuart Thomson photo

. . . the service . . .

Canadian Women's Army Corp in front of the Federal Building , between 1939 and 1945
City of Vancouver Archives, item # Mil P220.1
Steffens-Colmer Ltd photo

. . . the sacrifice . . .

Members of the Returned Soldiers' Club on the steps of the Elysium Hotel on Pender Street , ca. 1919
City of Vancouver Archives, item # Mil P40
Stuart Thomson photo

. . . the loss . . .

Grave marker of Lieutenant Colonel William
Hart-McHarg, (Poperinge, Belgium ), killed at the
second battle of Ypres, 1915. His memorial tablet
is at Christ Church Cathedral.
City of Vancouver Archives, item # Mil P216
Photographer unknown

. . . the jubilation . . .

Spontaneous rejoicing in the streets, looking down Granville from Georgia, on the original
Armistice Day, November 11, 1918
City of Vancouver Archives, item # Mil P14.1
Stuart Thomson photo

A member of the Canadian Women's Army Corp celebrates the end of WWII,
from atop a Court House (now Art Gallery) lion, August 14, 1945
City of Vancouver Archives, item # Mil P220.3
Photo attributed to Pacific Command

Crowds in Vancouver celebrating VJ Day, August 14, 1945
City of Vancouver Archives, item # CVA 260-1463
James Crookall photo

Vancouver's Chinese community celebrates VJ Day, Pender Street, August 14, 1945
City of Vancouver Archives, item # CVA 260-1508
James Crookall photo

. . . and the hope . . .

Two young boys distributing newspapers during VJ day celebrations in Vancouver, August 14, 1945
City of Vancouver Archives, item # CVA 260-1455
James Crookall photo

Chinese community parading on Cambie Street Grounds during VJ Day celebrations,
August 14, 1945: "Let's Have Lasting Peace"
City of Vancouver Archives, item # CVA 260-1484
James Crookall photo