1.0Lebanon News Gazettehttps://lebanonnewsgazette.comlnadminhttps://lebanonnewsgazette.com/author/lnadmin/ROYAL CANADIAN MINT HONOURS BLACK HISTORY WITH COIN PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE BLACK CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS OF NO. 2 CONSTRUCTION BATTALION - Lebanon News Gazetterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="7t7ocWKgpy"><a href="https://lebanonnewsgazette.com/royal-canadian-mint-honours-black-history-with-coin-paying-tribute-to-the-black-canadian-volunteers-of-no-2-construction-battalion/">ROYAL CANADIAN MINT HONOURS BLACK HISTORY WITH COIN PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE BLACK CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS OF NO. 2 CONSTRUCTION BATTALION</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://lebanonnewsgazette.com/royal-canadian-mint-honours-black-history-with-coin-paying-tribute-to-the-black-canadian-volunteers-of-no-2-construction-battalion/embed/#?secret=7t7ocWKgpy" width="600" height="338" title="“ROYAL CANADIAN MINT HONOURS BLACK HISTORY WITH COIN PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE BLACK CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS OF NO. 2 CONSTRUCTION BATTALION” — Lebanon News Gazette" data-secret="7t7ocWKgpy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — No. 2 Construction Battalion, the first and only all-Black battalion-sized unit in Canadian military history, is being remembered on the 2023 issue of the Royal Canadian Mint’s ongoing Commemorating Black History series. In the opening years of the First World War, hundreds of Black Canadians eagerly tried to […]https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/--CmIOiL5vUod8OSLe1B2huMIGcsdpevL8JCEkiXaSEOcV1HIPz7DMc3uEOPqd4Wx-3zJzwn_ZGLZBcqA2YLxPj-5mRGbcoVwpdAX-AxcS8eyWjaIbUoEcNlacjiboAMk8C15_WkRbaTJUzwDxdaautiZ9vZyS83i4DugrQ9Ezs=s0-d-e1-ft#https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1991497/Royal_Canadian_Mint_ROYAL_CANADIAN_MINT_HONOURS_BLACK_HISTORY_WI.jpg