Majors G.A. Burton, Governor General's Horse Guards, and R.F. Sneyd, Canadian Chaplain Service, reading General H.D.G. Crerar's farewell message to Canadian troops, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 31 May 1945.
1916 The Government of Canada authorizes the creation of an all black battalion that became No. 2 Construction Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
