Hidden Toronto: The War Memorials Of Harbord Collegiate
Behind the names on The Soldier by sculptor George W. Hill and broken H by Harbord alumnus Morton Katz are amazing stories of two terrible wars
Richard Longley
July 10, 2018
Behind the names on The Soldier by sculptor George W. Hill and broken H by Harbord alumnus Morton Katz are amazing stories of two terrible wars
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There are more than 6,000 war memorials in Canada. In Toronto, war history is remembered in styles that run from the imperious, to the modestly sublime, to the deliberately ridiculous.
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