REMEMBRANCE: Letters preserve memories of the First World War

Brothers (from the left): Oswin (Sweeney), Angus L., and John Colin MacDonald enlisted in 1916. This photo was taken shortly before they departed overseas.

JUDIQUE: Today it is difficult for many people to imagine what it was like for families on the home front waiting for news during the First World War. For one local family, letters home preserve the story of three brothers from Port Hood who served together in the Great War. “People starved for contact,” said…

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Melanie Holder