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Kingston WWI Memorial Walk02 La Gare centrale du chemin de fer Grand TroncUne visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.2020-02-0102 minKingston WWI Memorial Walk01 Centre d’information touristiqueUne visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.2020-02-0102 minKingston WWI Memorial Walk12 Monument commémoratif aux officiers du Club FrontenacUne visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.2020-02-0101 minKingston WWI Memorial Walk11 Monument commémoratif de la Marine royale canadienneUne visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.2020-02-0102 minKingston WWI Memorial Walk10 Monument commémoratif des Bains publics RichardsonUne visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.2020-02-0103 minKingston WWI Memorial Walk09 La Croix du SacrificeUne visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.2020-02-0104 minKingston WWI Memorial Walk08 Le monument du Royal Canadian Horse ArtilleryUne visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.2020-02-0103 minKingston WWI Memorial Walk07 Arbres de la PaixUne visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.2020-02-0103 minKingston WWI Memorial Walk06 Mémorial de l’Aviation royale du CanadaUne visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.2020-02-0102 minKingston WWI Memorial Walk05 Monument commémoratif de la Grande GuerreUne visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.2020-02-0106 minKingston WWI Memorial Walk04 Foyers de gens qui ont servi durant la Grande GuerreUne visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.2020-02-0103 minKingston WWI Memorial Walk03 Cathédrale St. George’sUne visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.2020-02-0106 min
Kingston WWI Memorial Walk00 - IntroductionThe Kingston Memorial Walk honours the lived history of Kingstonians who were affected by and those who served in WWI. This walking tour focuses on family homes, individual stories, monuments, and other relevant points around downtown Kingston.2018-05-0402 min
Kingston WWI Memorial Walk13 - Final StopThe Kingston Memorial Walk honours the lived history of Kingstonians who were affected by and those who served in WWI. This walking tour focuses on family homes, individual stories, monuments, and other relevant points around downtown Kingston.2018-05-0302 min
Kingston WWI Memorial Walk04 and 4A - The Homes of Those Who Served194 Bagot—James Crossley Stewart
180 Bagot—Arthur Hopkins Tett
168 Bagot—Thomas Vincent Hammond
166 Bagot —Donald Arthur Layzell
164 Bagot—Owen Michael Madden
55 West St.—Emma Florence Pence, one of the first Canadian nurses to serve on the front lines.2018-05-0302 min
Kingston WWI Memorial Walk12 - Memorial to Frontenac Club OfficersA plaque on the east-facing wall recognizes 10 Frontenac Club members who did not return from the war. The youngest was 29, the oldest 58.2018-05-0301 min
Kingston WWI Memorial Walk11 - Royal Canadian Navy MemorialCanada did not have a navy until 1910. The Merchant Marine protected supply ships in convoys. It is not known how many people in the Navy and Merchant Marine lost their lives during the First World War.2018-05-0301 min
Kingston WWI Memorial Walk10 - Richardson Memorial Bath HouseBuilt in 1919 for the free use of citizens, in memory of Captain George Taylor Richardson, a star hockey player, Queen’s University graduate, and member of a wealthy local family. He enlisted in September 1914 and was killed in Belgium, February 1916.2018-05-0302 min
Kingston WWI Memorial Walk09 - The Cross of SacrificeOne of over 1,000 identical Crosses of Sacrifice around the world. Site of one of Kingston’s November 11th Remembrance Day events.2018-05-0304 min
Kingston WWI Memorial Walk08 - Royal Canadian Horse ArtilleryThe monument lists human casualties. 8 million horses also died during the First World War.
“At this stage to lose a horse was worse than losing a man because after all, men were replaceable while horses weren’t”- Bert Stokes remembers Passchendaele2018-05-0302 min
Kingston WWI Memorial Walk07 - Peace TreesTwo oak trees - one young, one old, dedicated to peace on September 21st 2013, the United Nations International Day of Peace.
Grieving the Tragedy of War.
Committed to the promise of peace.2018-05-0302 min
Kingston WWI Memorial Walk06 - Royal Canadian Fair Force MemorialFlight was a new technology in 1914. 14,000 Allied pilots died during the First World War, half of them during training.2018-05-0302 min
Kingston WWI Memorial Walk05 - The Great War MemorialYou’ve heard the place names. Vimy Ridge. Hill 70. Passchendaele. Ypres. Flanders. This monument is in memory of the Kingstonians who died there.2018-05-0305 min
Kingston WWI Memorial Walk03 - St Georges CatherdralPlaces of worship offered somewhere to pray for the safe return of family and friends. They become a place to recruit men to join the Canadian Expeditionary Force.2018-05-0306 min
Kingston WWI Memorial Walk01 - Visitors Information CentreAugust 3, 1914—Germany declares war on France. August 4, 1914—Britain declares war on Germany. Kingston is a military town with many permanent forces stationed here. The city snaps to attention.2018-05-0201 min
Kingston WWI Memorial Walk02 - Grand Trunk Railway Inner StationAugust 14, 1914—Trains begin the transport of troops from here to the training base at Valcartier, Quebec. Citizens and families line the streets to say goodbye and wish them well.2018-05-0201 min
Talking Radical RadioTRR ep. 183 (Aug. 31/2016): Building a culture of peace in schools and communitiesIn episode #183 of Talking Radical Radio (August 31, 2016), Scott Neigh speaks with Florence Stratton and Ed Lehman. They are both long-time peace and social justice activists, and they speak about the work of PeaceQuest Regina to build a culture of peace in high schools and in the community at large.
For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2016/08/31/trr-peacequest_regina/2017-03-0127 min
Talking Radical RadioTRR ep. 156 (Feb. 24/2016): Promoting peace in the face of rampant militarismIn episode #156 of Talking Radical Radio (February 24, 2016), I speak with Jamie Swift and Judi Wyatt. They are members of the Kingston, Ontario, group PeaceQuest, which first came together in 2012 to work against militarism and for a more peaceful and just society.
For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2016/02/24/trr-peacequest/2017-02-2728 min