Artifacts Archives - Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com/category/canadian-military-history-in-perspective/artifacts/ Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:19:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://legionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-favicon-LM-32x32.jpg Artifacts Archives - Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com/category/canadian-military-history-in-perspective/artifacts/ 32 32 Ceremonial spoil https://legionmagazine.com/ceremonial-spoil/ https://legionmagazine.com/ceremonial-spoil/#respond Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:19:47 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=95464 An American 1812 war prize, the return of the Mace of Upper Canada to Ontario symbolized the evolution of cross-border relations

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/ceremonial-spoil/feed/ 0 Postcard from the front https://legionmagazine.com/postcard-from-the-front/ https://legionmagazine.com/postcard-from-the-front/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:30:34 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=94375 A unique thank-you note memento of a Canadian Boer War veteran

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/postcard-from-the-front/feed/ 0 Mars attacks! https://legionmagazine.com/mars-attacks/ https://legionmagazine.com/mars-attacks/#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:30:01 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=94001 While it struggled to get off the ground, Canada’s flying saucer-like Avrocar is still a key part of the maturation of its modern air force

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/mars-attacks/feed/ 0 Royal wrap https://legionmagazine.com/royal-wrap/ https://legionmagazine.com/royal-wrap/#respond Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:48:47 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=93341 Queen Victoria herself crocheted eight scarves for Boer War veterans—Richard Thompson of The Royal Canadian Regiment was presented one

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/royal-wrap/feed/ 0 The Power of the dog https://legionmagazine.com/the-power-of-the-dog/ https://legionmagazine.com/the-power-of-the-dog/#respond Mon, 12 Aug 2024 20:04:44 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=92286 How a pet project raised thousands for First World War veterans

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/the-power-of-the-dog/feed/ 0 Pennon of peace https://legionmagazine.com/pennon-of-peace/ https://legionmagazine.com/pennon-of-peace/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:59:30 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=91429 The small flag flow on Roméo Dallaire’s truck during his command of the 1990s UN mission in Rwanda is an important symbol.

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/pennon-of-peace/feed/ 0 Brinkman’s box https://legionmagazine.com/brinkmans-box/ https://legionmagazine.com/brinkmans-box/#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:33:18 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=90274 Nearly 80 years later, a Canadian soldier’s family is reunited with his Second World War treasures

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/brinkmans-box/feed/ 0 Storm front https://legionmagazine.com/storm-front/ https://legionmagazine.com/storm-front/#respond Tue, 24 Oct 2023 19:28:01 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=88163 Decades after the Second World War, Canada discovers a Nazi weather station in Labrador

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/storm-front/feed/ 0 The little tank that could https://legionmagazine.com/the-little-tank-that-could/ https://legionmagazine.com/the-little-tank-that-could/#respond Mon, 14 Aug 2023 18:02:03 +0000 https://legionmagazine.wpengine.com/?p=87638 How one tank used by Canada on D-Day survives to this day

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/the-little-tank-that-could/feed/ 0 The story of a sword https://legionmagazine.com/the-story-of-a-sword/ https://legionmagazine.com/the-story-of-a-sword/#respond Thu, 18 May 2023 15:12:08 +0000 https://legionmagazine.wpengine.com/?p=86325 How Billy Green’s 1812 sabre keeps history alive

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