April 9, 1917 was the Battle of Vimy Ridge where Pte. Gilbert captured a German Officer who then gave Pte. R. Gilbert his own Iron Cross, because of the bravery and courage Gilbert had shown in capturing the officer and 24 of his men! Find out more
April 9, 1917 was the Battle of Vimy Ridge where Pte. Gilbert captured a German Officer who then gave Pte. R. Gilbert his own Iron Cross, because of the bravery and courage Gilbert had shown in capturing the officer and 24 of his men! Find out more
The No. 2 Construction Battalion, the first and only Black battalion in Canadian military history was authorized on July 5, 1916, with…
Charles Mitchell, enslaved since boyhood, on September 1860 was a stowaway aboard the SS Eliza Anderson sailing from Olympia Washington to Victoria.…
Using the 2016 census, Statistics Canada released the report “Diversity of the Black population in Canada: An Overview”. Some findings: • In…