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Armistice Day, Munitions Centre
Painted around 1919 by Frederick Etchells (1886–1973)

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The flags in this British painting affirm a global victory. Back in Canada, every city, town and village celebrated.

"I suppose old Canada will be right up in the air by this time . . . To tell the truth, it seems hard to realize it, and that we are through with this awful slaughter."

— Private George Anderson, November 11, 1918


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