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46th Productions, 8 Wing and PWOR Pipes and Drums, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassination, C&E Garrison Military Band, centennial, First World War, Fort Henry, Fort Henry Drums, Great War, Great War Tribute, Kingston, North Lakeshore Mass Chorus, Parade of the Soldier, Princess of Wales' Own Regiment, Toronto Signals Band, Tribute, uniforms, Vickers machine gun
On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife were assassinated by Gavrillo Principe in Sarajevo. Many people consider this act the beginning of the Great War.
On the 100th anniversary of the Archduke’s assassination, a tribute was held at Fort Henry to commemorate the men and women who served and died in the Great War.
Replicas of Billy Bishop’s E.S.5a fighter and the Red Baron’s Fokker Dr.I triplane fight it out in the sky. Dogfights between belligerents was a common sight.
Billy Bishop is victorious
The Toronto Signals Band
8 Wing and PWOR Pipes and Drums
Fort Henry Guard Drums
The “Parade of the Soldier” showed the evolution of the Canadians’ uniforms from 1914 (right) to the end of the war.
Re-enactors from 46th Productions with a Vickers machine gun. These guns were water cooled, which made them very heavy.
The North Lakeshore Mass Chorus and the C&E Garrison Military Band perform while the flag is lowered
