Kingston WWI Memorial Walk

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The Kingston Memorial Walk was created by PeaceQuest.ca to honour the lived history of Kingstonians who served in, and were affected by, WWI. This walking tour will focus on family homes, individual stories and other relevant points around downtown Kingston. PeaceQuest is a non-profit, non-denominat…

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    • Jan 31, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    01 Centre d’information touristique

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 2:14


    Une visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.

    02 La Gare centrale du chemin de fer Grand Tronc

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 2:12


    Une visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.

    03 Cathédrale St. George’s

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 6:50


    Une visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.

    04 Foyers de gens qui ont servi durant la Grande Guerre

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 3:39


    Une visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.

    05 Monument commémoratif de la Grande Guerre

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 6:26


    Une visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.

    06 Mémorial de l’Aviation royale du Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 2:51


    Une visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.

    07 Arbres de la Paix

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 3:26


    Une visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.

    08 Le monument du Royal Canadian Horse Artillery

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 3:19


    Une visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.

    09 La Croix du Sacrifice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 4:15


    Une visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.

    10 Monument commémoratif des Bains publics Richardson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 3:21


    Une visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.

    11 Monument commémoratif de la Marine royale canadienne

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 2:22


    Une visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.

    12 Monument commémoratif aux officiers du Club Frontenac

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 1:52


    Une visite guidée de 12 arrêts pour revoir le passé et éveiller votre curiosité concernant la vie et la mort de Kingstoniens durant la Première Guerre mondiale.

    00 - Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2018 2:15


    The Kingston Memorial Walk honours the lived history of Kingstonians who were affected by and those who served in WWI. This walking tour focuses on family homes, individual stories, monuments, and other relevant points around downtown Kingston.

    03 - St Georges Catherdral

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2018 6:16


    Places of worship offered somewhere to pray for the safe return of family and friends. They become a place to recruit men to join the Canadian Expeditionary Force.

    04 and 4A - The Homes of Those Who Served

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2018 2:55


    194 Bagot—James Crossley Stewart 180 Bagot—Arthur Hopkins Tett 168 Bagot—Thomas Vincent Hammond 166 Bagot —Donald Arthur Layzell 164 Bagot—Owen Michael Madden 55 West St.—Emma Florence Pence, one of the first Canadian nurses to serve on the front lines.

    05 - The Great War Memorial

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2018 5:35


    You’ve heard the place names. Vimy Ridge. Hill 70. Passchendaele. Ypres. Flanders. This monument is in memory of the Kingstonians who died there.

    06 - Royal Canadian Fair Force Memorial

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2018 2:39


    Flight was a new technology in 1914. 14,000 Allied pilots died during the First World War, half of them during training.

    07 - Peace Trees

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2018 2:52


    Two oak trees - one young, one old, dedicated to peace on September 21st 2013, the United Nations International Day of Peace. Grieving the Tragedy of War. Committed to the promise of peace.

    08 - Royal Canadian Horse Artillery

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2018 2:49


    The monument lists human casualties. 8 million horses also died during the First World War. “At this stage to lose a horse was worse than losing a man because after all, men were replaceable while horses weren’t”- Bert Stokes remembers Passchendaele

    09 - The Cross of Sacrifice

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2018 4:05


    One of over 1,000 identical Crosses of Sacrifice around the world. Site of one of Kingston’s November 11th Remembrance Day events.

    10 - Richardson Memorial Bath House

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2018 2:55


    Built in 1919 for the free use of citizens, in memory of Captain George Taylor Richardson, a star hockey player, Queen’s University graduate, and member of a wealthy local family. He enlisted in September 1914 and was killed in Belgium, February 1916.

    11 - Royal Canadian Navy Memorial

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2018 1:55


    Canada did not have a navy until 1910. The Merchant Marine protected supply ships in convoys. It is not known how many people in the Navy and Merchant Marine lost their lives during the First World War.

    12 - Memorial to Frontenac Club Officers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2018 1:42


    A plaque on the east-facing wall recognizes 10 Frontenac Club members who did not return from the war. The youngest was 29, the oldest 58.

    13 - Final Stop

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2018 2:37


    The Kingston Memorial Walk honours the lived history of Kingstonians who were affected by and those who served in WWI. This walking tour focuses on family homes, individual stories, monuments, and other relevant points around downtown Kingston.

    01 - Visitors Information Centre

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2018 1:57


    August 3, 1914—Germany declares war on France. August 4, 1914—Britain declares war on Germany. Kingston is a military town with many permanent forces stationed here. The city snaps to attention.

    02 - Grand Trunk Railway Inner Station

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2018 1:53


    August 14, 1914—Trains begin the transport of troops from here to the training base at Valcartier, Quebec. Citizens and families line the streets to say goodbye and wish them well.

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