Gilberts: Canada Day, formerly Dominion Day, in 1919 was Peace Day

Editor’s note: This article originally ran in 2019 taking a look back at what Canada Day was like 100 years before.As we celebrate Canada’s birthday, I thought it might be interesting to go back to see what kinds of festivities were taking place in Chatham in 1919. In scrolling through the microfilm, I stopped at June 28, a few days before what was then called Dominion Day. The headline jumped out at me – the Versailles Peace Treaty, in the Hall of Mirrors, was signed the same