From the archives: Cheering throngs greeted Houde's return from jail

This story was first published on Aug. 15, 2004, in the Montreal Gazette.
“After four years of internment for attacking national registration, Camillien Houde, ex-mayor of Montreal and former member of the Quebec Legislature, will likely be met by a large crowd of supporters as he parades through the city streets after he steps from the 6.55 train from Sherbrooke at the Central Station this evening.”
The Gazette, Friday, August 18, 1944
A large crowd, indeed. Camillien Houde was retu