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Happy reward for having done then bit came to the many among the almost worship throng of Canadian war veterans who, as they massec about the towering(...)
Happy reward for having done then bit came to the many among the almost worship throng of Canadian war veterans who, as they massec about the towering(...)

Happy reward for having done then bit came to the many among the almost worship throng of Canadian war veterans who, as they massec about the towering(...)

Date5/22/1939
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Original Toronto Star caption: Happy reward for having done then bit came to the many among the almost worship throng of Canadian war veterans who; as they massec about the towering war memorial; bro ranks after the King's speech and surrounded their majesties; while Queen shook dozens of han [Incomplete]
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0122508F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Ottawa
Province or state:Ontario
Region or district:National Capital Region
Veterans honored: Metro police Chief William McCormack greets Alexander Spivak, a World War II Russian pilot who took part in a parade yesterday by Jewish War Veterans of Canada
Veterans honored: Metro police Chief William McCormack greets Alexander Spivak, a World War II Russian pilot who took part in a parade yesterday by Jewish War Veterans of Canada
11/1/1992
Royal couple King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium found time to shake hands and speak to 14 Canadian World War II veterans who served in Belgium(...)
Royal couple King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium found time to shake hands and speak to 14 Canadian World War II veterans who served in Belgium(...)
9/21/1977
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales Greets soldiers | of the, a lot of veterans happy to-day when he went nd shook hands with some of the war heroes there. [Incomplete]
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales Greets soldiers | of the, a lot of veterans happy to-day when he went nd shook hands with some of the war heroes there. [Incomplete]
8/9/1927
Veterans angered: William Bull, left, president of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association Toronto- York wing, discusses the Billy Bishop movie with Percy Waters, 83, a World War I veteran.
Veterans angered: William Bull, left, president of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association Toronto- York wing, discusses the Billy Bishop movie with Percy Waters, 83, a World War I veteran.
1/19/1984
The place du Tertre behind the Basilica Sacre-Coeur is populated by a throng of painters who churn out pictures for sale to tourists. They add a bit o(...)
The place du Tertre behind the Basilica Sacre-Coeur is populated by a throng of painters who churn out pictures for sale to tourists. They add a bit o(...)
4/12/1987
The Poppy, flower of remembrance for the Canadian dead in two world wars, is worn by Sunnybrook Hospital patients, themselves veterans of those wars. (...)
The Poppy, flower of remembrance for the Canadian dead in two world wars, is worn by Sunnybrook Hospital patients, themselves veterans of those wars. (...)
11/10/1974
Informal party in the C.N.E. flower show building last night honored 200 Dutch war brides, wives of Canadian veterans. Now Toronto residents, here are(...)
Informal party in the C.N.E. flower show building last night honored 200 Dutch war brides, wives of Canadian veterans. Now Toronto residents, here are(...)
9/6/1947
Army women recall war stories. At the 12th annual Canada-wide reunion in Toronto on Saturday of the veterans of the Canadian Women's Army Corps, Mrs. (...)
Army women recall war stories. At the 12th annual Canada-wide reunion in Toronto on Saturday of the veterans of the Canadian Women's Army Corps, Mrs. (...)
9/27/1970
Ready for Poppy Day. Office worker Corinne Therien, 22, stocks up a tag box with poppies made by disabled war veterans in advance of tomorrow's Poppy Day tag drive by Canadian Legion
Ready for Poppy Day. Office worker Corinne Therien, 22, stocks up a tag box with poppies made by disabled war veterans in advance of tomorrow's Poppy Day tag drive by Canadian Legion
11/5/1970
Quiet hero buried: The casket of Victor Kugler, who hid Anne Frank and seven others from the Nazis, is saluted by war veterans as pallbearers carry it from the funeral home yesterday
Quiet hero buried: The casket of Victor Kugler, who hid Anne Frank and seven others from the Nazis, is saluted by war veterans as pallbearers carry it from the funeral home yesterday
12/17/1981
Four war veterans, who remember sacrifices of their comrades very clearly still, though the years have passed, stand at Toronto's Cenotaph yesterday, (...)
Four war veterans, who remember sacrifices of their comrades very clearly still, though the years have passed, stand at Toronto's Cenotaph yesterday, (...)
11/10/1971
A man in uniform stands, with bowed head, in front of the cenotaph at Old City hall, which read ...
Brief silence: At 11 a.m. yesterday veterans and soldiers at the old city hall cenotaph observed a minute's silence to recall the fighters who died in the two world wars and the Korean conflict
11 November 1984