Young bugler at parade in full uniform
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48th CDF Bn Recruiting Drive in USA – 1917

48th Highlander young bugler at recruitment parade, Central News Photo Service, NY, 1917. The 48th Highlanders Pipes and Drums participated in the Canadian Army’s recruiting drive in New York and Chicago in 1917. At that time the USA had not entered WWI and recruits were being sought to join the Canadian Expeditionary Forces. Canada had joined the war at it’s outset in 1914.

(Prior accession No. P0416)

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Era
1914 – 1919 (WW 1)
Location of artifact
Binder 1, Research Room Shelf
Associated place
USA, New York
Associated event
Recruiting Drive in USA 1917

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