As part of the Government House program to commemorate the centenary of the end of the Great War, Colonel (Retired) John Boileau, historian and author, will give an illustrated talk on Armistice and Remembrance. 

During the three days of negotiations leading up to the Armistice that ended the First World War, soldiers continued to fight and die, some even in the minutes before word of the truce got to them. This presentation will highlight the stories of the last British, French, Canadian, American and German soldiers to die on the Western Front. It will also describe various Canadian memorials – such as Vimy Ridge, Menin Gate, Beaumont Hamel and others – as well as the standard features of Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries that contain our fallen, with special emphasis on soldiers from Nova Scotia.