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Cold and somber Remembrance Day ceremonies give us a way to understand what PeaceQuest is all about says Sr. Pauline Lally in her address to Kingston City Council.
The City of Kingston will proclaim Peace Day on September 21. At four o’clock that day, a peace tree will be dedicated at City Park (Barrie and Stuart). Here is a link to the event.
A vigil has been unveiled for Canada’s longest war. But who is the audience? Commentary in Ottawa Citizen by Queen’s University historian Ian McKay and Kingston writer Jamie, authors of Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety, shortlisted for the 2012 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize for writing that contributes to an understanding of […]
White is a symbol of non-combat. White is the colour of the hundreds of thousands of crosses in war cemeteries. War supporters pinned white feathers on men who were not in uniform during World War I to shame them. White poppies were adopted by the “No More War” movement of the 1920s. The white poppy […]