This is the ceremonial headdress of Corporal Francis Pegahmagabow, the most decorated Indigenous soldier in Canadian history. Following the First World War, he would serve his people as a councillor and chief, and then at the national level.
One of the last to die in World War One, and certainly the last Canadian soldier, was Private George Price.
Canada had gone to war from the start, and the cost was staggering. 66 000 dead (over one in ten of those who enlisted), with far more wounded.
Memorializing them happened in stained glass windows, cenotaphs, and gravestones.
From one global war to the next. The failure to resolve the First World War created the conditions for the Second World War. In Europe and Asia tyrants rose to power in Germany, Italy, and Japan, unchecked by the rest of the world. This car starts off the Second World War gallery in the museum, and once belonged to Hitler. Captured by American soldiers at the end of the war, it ended up here.
Tyrants are back nowadays...
ReplyDeleteSo it seems.
DeleteThat's an impressive headdress.
ReplyDeleteWar after war, after war, after ...
It is indeed.
DeleteReally impressed by the head dress. So dazzling
ReplyDeleteDefinitely.
DeleteThe combination of beatiful feathers and intricate beadwork on the headdress is exquisite.
ReplyDeleteI agree.
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ReplyDeleteThe headdress is beautiful and I love the stained glass. Take care, enjoy your day.
Thank you.
Delete...here, indigent people have never received the credit that they deserve.
ReplyDeleteIt's been late here.
DeleteBeautiful stained glass.
ReplyDeleteI think so.
DeleteSeeing the swastika is rather chilling.
ReplyDeleteVery much so.
DeleteThat headdress is amazing.
ReplyDeleteI think so.
DeleteThe headdress is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteIndeed.
DeleteWhen you look back it was a very dangerous situation with the tyrants.
ReplyDeleteIt was.
DeleteSiempre hay dirigentes que incitan a la guerra y con el paso del tiempo la historia los pone en su sitio.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteBeautiful indigenous head dress and lovely stain glass memorial ~
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
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Thank you.
DeleteIt's very colourful and would've stood out nicely, I wonder what birds the feathers were taken from?
ReplyDeleteGood question.
DeleteThe stained glass is magnificent.
ReplyDeleteIt is.
DeleteI love how those feathers looks like a sunflower. And oh, what gorgeous stained glass.
ReplyDeleteIndeed.
DeleteThe ceremonial headdress is spectacular.
ReplyDeleteIt is.
DeleteEven though I deeply believe it to be true, it is often hard to accept the fact that we have to remember history even the horrible parts. ... I'm glad you included some beauty -- the head dress and the artglass along with the memories of evil.
ReplyDeleteI think we have to.
DeleteNothing changes!
ReplyDeleteSo it seems.
DeleteExcellent honouring First Nations.
ReplyDeleteI think so.
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