{"id":1350,"date":"2021-11-03T18:26:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T18:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/?p=1350"},"modified":"2023-11-04T20:28:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T20:28:56","slug":"november-11-1939","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/?p=1350","title":{"rendered":"November 11, 1939"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remembrance Day, Victory Square Vancouver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada is now in their second war in 21 years.  Note the wreath devoted to the 54th Battalion. some of the buildings in this picture still exist. See below the postcard after the modern picture of Victory Square in present day East Vancouver. Note the dignitaries on the left. Are there gaps of missing men just behind the monument to the right? A very big thankyou to Fred Young for the images. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FRED-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FRED-1-1024x723.png\" alt=\"Original image which may reveal more of the Nov 11, 1939 ceremony.\" class=\"wp-image-1361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FRED-1-1024x723.png 1024w, https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FRED-1-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FRED-1-768x542.png 768w, https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FRED-1.png 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>NOV 11, 1939 &#8211; Victory Square in Vancouver.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VS-6.png\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#a30f00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">See the cleaned up original image here<\/span><\/a> (close image to continue)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1351\" width=\"932\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image.png 431w, https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><figcaption>Victory Square today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VS-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1358\" width=\"938\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VS-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VS-4-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VS-4-768x503.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1353\" width=\"937\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-2.png 435w, https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-2-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remembrance Day, Victory Square Vancouver Canada is now in their second war in 21 years. Note the wreath devoted to the 54th Battalion. some of the buildings in this picture still exist. See below the postcard after the modern picture &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/?p=1350\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1350"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1379,"href":"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions\/1379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/54thbattalioncef.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}