'An East Coast Port': Halifax in Wartime, 1939-1945

Taken from Capital Building. A procession of 150 men of the Army, Navy and Air Force paraded the Torch of Victory from City Hall to the Garrison Grounds and back again on Wednesday afternoon, 18 June 1941. They formed in the Grand Parade and left at 2:45 p.m. for the Garrison Gounds via Barrington St., Sackville St., and Bell Road. The Halifax Chronicle, 19 June 1941, p. 4, covered the event, "Heading the procession was a military fife and drum band. This was followed by the Torch borne by four men representing the navy, army, air force, and Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the three Torch escorts who accompanied it from Victoria, B.C., an officer from each of the three services. Then came armed detachments of 50 men each from the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army, and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Following the Garrison grounds ceremony the procession returned the Torch to City Hall."

Date: 18 June 1941

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives  Photo Collection Places: Halifax