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Article: Gallant cause: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939.
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- Manitoba History
- Article date:
- March 22, 1998
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Vancouver/Toronto: Whitecap Books, c1996. Pp. 280, ill. ISBN 1-55110-488-1.
On the south side of Winnipeg City Hall, imbedded in a low polished granite wall, is a modest plaque put there in 1989 "in tribute to the Canadian veterans -- 106 from Manitoba -- who fought with the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion in Spain from 1936 to 1939." At first glance the plaque seems poorly placed. There are no heroic sculptures or green plantings and one has to stoop a bit to read the dedication splashed with grime from the street. It would be tempting to say this cold stony corner reflects the way in which those who volunteered "to fight on the side of the Spanish Republic against ...