Canada's finest reception was reserved for the return of the men of the first three contingents. Parades like this were common, each municipality mustering what pomp and circumstance it could command to celebrate the occasion. Although the fighting was over, the mythology surrounding Canada's part in the war was just beginning.
Courtesy: from Capt. A.T. Mahan, The War In South Africa, 1902 edition, p. 205 McLennan Library, McGill University
