b'The Canadian First World WarInternment Recognition FundPause In Plight, National Internment Art ExhibitKerri Parnell, ArtistPhotos courtesy of Mykola SwarnykGuess Who built Hwy 6 and Hwy 97ADuring Canadas first nationalinternment operations of1914-1920, thousands of men,women and children were brandedas enemy aliens, stripped of theirbelongings, imprisoned, and someforced to do heavy labour for theprofit of their jailers.Hwy6VernonEdgewoodroadandbridgeconstruction,ArrowLakeHistoricalSocietyphoto20 June 2020marksthe100 th anniversaryOF The end ofCanadasfirstnational internment l internmentoperationsOnthisdaywerememberthem.DuringCanadasfirstnationalinternmentoperationsof1914-1920,thousandsofmen,womenandchildrenwerebrandedasenemyaliens,forcedtodoheavylabourfortheprofitoftheirjailers,disenfranchised,andsubjectedtoAssociation) Liberties Civil Canadian (Ukrainian Boxtel ArchivesCanada/PA-170620 and (Libraryotherstate-sanctionedindignities-notbecauseofanythingtheyhaddonewrongbutonlybecauseofwheretheyhadcomefrom,whotheywere.John by Quebec), LakeFerme, Spirit at Hwy97ConstructionatMaraLake,Madonna Interned (La children and Women RoyalBCMuseumArchivesphotoE-89149BorninMontreal,MaryMankowasjustsixyearsoldwhenherfamilywassenttotheSpiritLakeinternmentcamp,inQuebecsremote Monument placed at St. Columbia Cemetery,Iwasoneofthe Abitibiregion.Nellie,heryoungersister,diedthere.Reflectingonherexperiences,decadeslater,Marysaid: were Pembroke, Ontario thousandsofUkrainianCanadiansroundedupasenemyaliensandputinconcentrationcampsCanadasUkrainiansnotdisloyal.Ourimprisonmentwaswrong.WewereCanadians.Thosewho,likemyparents,hadcomefromUkrainetoCanada,cameseekingfreedom.Theywereinvitedhere.Theyworkedhard.Theycontributedtothiscountry,withtheirblood,sweet,andtears.Alotofthelatter. In Memory of those who died at Petawawa Whatwasdonetouswaswrong.Becausenoonebotheredtorememberorlearnaboutthewrongthatwasdonetousitwasdonetoothersagain,andyetagain.Maybetheresanevengreaterwronginthat. Internment CampSponsoredbytheEndowmentCounciloftheCanadianFirstWorldWarInternmentRecognitionFundwww.internmentcanada.ca VernonNews18Jun1918 Vernon & District Family History Society Commemoration of the closing of theVernonandDistrictFamilyHistorySocietywww.VDFHS.com [email protected] Internment Operations ShevchenkoFoundationAnnualReport/ 31'