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Royal Canadian Mint Honours Black History With Coin Paying Tribute to the Black Canadian Volunteers of No. 2 Construction Battalion

  • Jan 30, 2023
  • News
  • Ottawa

No. 2 Construction Battalion, the first and only all-Black battalion-sized unit in Canadian military history, is being remembered on the 2023 issue of the Royal Canadian Mint’s ongoing Commemorating Black History series.

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No. 2 Construction Battalion, the first and only all-Black battalion-sized unit in Canadian military history, is being remembered on the 2023 issue of the Royal Canadian Mint’s ongoing Commemorating Black History series.