Kitted Scots and French Canucks in Imagined Battle
A colorful narrative follows a mixed group of cadets at Valcartier adopting kilts and proud Scots accents as they imagine battle lines. Timothy O Flaherty Etienne Dufort Pierre Lachapelle Jean Baptiste Trudeau Bill Sykers Henry Atkins Skie Rubenstein Ike and others fuse identities in a humorous drill scene.
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Shea
Valcartier
Etienne Dufort
Pierre Lachapelle
Jean Baptiste Trudeau
Day of Retribution Poem Calls Out Blasphemer and Coward
A verse condemns a leader who championed a war day after day. It rouses outrage at bloodshed and greed, claiming divine vengeance will be exacted for the destruction sown. The speaker warns the day’s instigator of the price paid by widows, mothers, and the fallen, ending with a stark divine vow of payback.
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The Queer British Empire in Wartime Rhetoric
A Chicago Herald excerpt surveys wartime attitudes across the empire. Ireland Canada South Africa India and others pledge support or critique the home government. The piece satirically notes the empire’s shifting mood from doom in peace to resolve in war.
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Chicago Herald
British Empire
Ireland
Great Britain
India
Canada
England
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