Canada's Great War Album

A gala event at the Canadian War Museum last evening was the occasion for the launch of Canada's Great War Album: Our Memories of the First World War.
"Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, Canada's Great War Album is an unprecedented and remarkable collection of Canadian photographs, memorabilia, and stories of the war. Two years ago, Canada's History Society invited Canadians to tell their family stories from the First World War. The response was overwhelming and assembled for the first time are their personal stories and photographs that together form a compelling and moving account of the war. Canada's Great War Album also includes contributions from Peter Mansbridge, Charlotte Gray, J.L. Granatstein, Christopher Moore, Jonathan Vance, and Tim Cook. In the spirit of the bestselling 100 Photos That Changed Canada, the war that changed Canada forever is reflected here in words and pictures."

Mark Reid, no known relation, the editor spoke on the book, how it was compiled and some of the stories. A surprise was to have emcee Don Newman return to the podium to tell the story of his relative who won the Victoria Cross but died shortly before Armistice Day in the influenza epidemic.
A representative from Shaw Communications showed four one-minute vignettes based on stories from the book which, with several more, will air on Canada's History channel.