Last week I talked a bit about the War of 1812 and role it had in the myth-making of Canada and the USA. With Remembrance Day coming up on November 11th I would like to speak a bit about the role Canadians, and in some cases LDS Canadians had during World War One.
Few realize today that Mormons in Canada were considered disloyal interlopers to the country. There were Members of Parliament who felt that these Americans could not be trusted. And so it fell to young Hugh B. Brown to change the hearts and minds of Canadians. In 1912 he joined the fledgling Canadian militia as an officer. His role was to train LDS soldiers to create Mormon Troops to prove their loyalty to their adopted country. By 1915 over 200 LDS men from the Cardston area served in the military.
Posted by Jon W 
