by K-J | 13 Jul 2023 | CAF/DND
Stag Special The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) continued to honour the legacy of No. 2 Construction Battalion, the only all-black formation in Canadian military history, during a July 8 parade in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The parade promoted the battalion’s legacy in...
by K-J | 12 Jul 2023 | CAF/DND
Anita Anana Stag Special “One year ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and I delivered an apology on behalf of the Government of Canada for the systemic anti-Black racism that members of No. 2 Construction Battalion endured before, during, and long after the First...
by K-J | 14 Feb 2023 | Features
No. 2 Construction Battalion members in Nova Scotia pose before leaving for France in the spring of 1917. Ginger Lamoureux’s great-grandfather Cpl Damascus Virgil with son Owen. Photo supplied Lamoureux family archives Accommodation at the front for Black soldiers...
by K-J | 8 Feb 2023 | Features
2Lt Jerome Downey Stag Special On the eve of Remembrance Day in 2021, while tracing the footsteps of No. 2 Construction Battalion in Jura, France, I had a surreal experience. I stumbled upon a photograph of my great-grandfather Pte George A. Downey on a wall at the...
