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| Kitchener won fame in 1898 for winning the Battle of Omdurman and securing control of the Sudan, after which he was given the title "Lord Kitchener of Khartoum" - Wikipedia Churchill took part in that battle, the very last cavalry charge. |
Towns that have changed name — and one that hasn’t
https://churchmousec.wordpress.com/2015/04/29/towns-that-have-changed-name/ - more at the link.
– Kitchener, Ontario, was called Berlin until the Great War. As the war generated much understandable anti-German sentiment, the townspeople were able to vote on a selection of new names. In 1916, the town was renamed after Lord Kitchener, the British Secretary of State for War.
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| Canadian parks are especially well maintained. The Royal Rose Garden in Hamilton is worth a trip. I took notes. |
GJ - I think the main park had a statue of Kaiser Wilhelm, replaced by one of Queen Victoria - now Queen Victoria Park. No one wanted to buy goods stamped Made in Berlin during WWI.
