Word: french
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...city of Halifax has a peculiar claim upon our sympathy. The Canadians are our allies, of course, but historically Halifax is closely related to Boston. It was founded in 1749 largely at the instance of the New Englanders as an offset to the French fortress of Louisburg; the trade relations of the two towns have always been close; and at the time of the Revolution many of the prominent citizens of Boston--the Tories or Loyalists--emigrated to Halifax; and fine old Boston names--some of them extinct here--are to be found on the tablets of the interesting eighteenth...
...Farnsworth '12, killed at Tahure, France, September 29, 1915, while fighting in the Foreign Legion of the French Army...
...Champollion '02, killed at Boisle-Pretre, France, March 23, 1915, while in the French Army...
...Chapman '13, killed at verdun, June 23, 1916, while flying in the French Aviation Corps...
...Coit '10, died in a military hospital at Poperinghe; Belgium, August 7, 1916, of injuries received while in the French Army...