Nova Scotia

An updated No. 2 Construction Battalion Interpretive Panel was unveiled on 5 July 2022. Activist, author, and Order of Canada recipient, Calvin Ruck and his granddaughter Lindsay Ruck, a descendant of one of the Battalion members, worked hard to help the No. 2 Construction Battalion receive recognition and have the memorial site established.

Lindsay attended the unveiling as well as Sergeant Gavin Crawford of the 36 Service Battalion, Halifax. Several members of his family were part of the No. 2 Construction Battalion and some were part of the Canadian Forestry Corps. The No. 2 Construction Battalion Plaque was also unveiled and is located next to the No. 2 Construction C.E.F. Memorial. 

The new interpretive panel shows more depth of the story. The original panel was completed in 1993 and was very basic. So much history and new information was uncovered and this panel commemorates that. 

After considerable lobbying by Black Canadians and white supporters, Canada fielded one Black battalion during the First World War — but they had to fight with shovels, not rifles. No. 2 Construction Battalion was authorized on 5 July 1916 in Pictou, Nova Scotia and was composed of Black men from across Canada, the United States and the British West Indies. Its officers were white, with the exception of the unit’s chaplain, Honorary Captain The Reverend William Andrew White. The unit moved to nearby Truro after two months in Pictou. 

On 9 July 2022 the Government of Canada officially apologized for the appalling way these patriots were treated.

St Mary's Memorial Hospital was built following the Second World War to commemorate the men and women from the local area who served and who died during the war. The name was transferred to a new hospital.

A stone Cairn and a plastic plaque with the names of five men who died in the First World War and two names of men who died in the Second World War.

A Roll of honour behind glass and framed; this is a pre-printed form bearing the hand-written names of the men and women who volunteered for service in the Second World War.

Every November the Grade six class assembles an exhibit consisting of the HMCS Mulgrave bell, newspaper clippings, photographs, diaries, etc. commemorating Remembrance Day.

An exhibit of paintings depicting a Second World War Royal Canadian Navy Vessel named HMCS Mulgrave in honour of the town.

An elementary school dedicated in the memory of the men and women of Mulgrave who served and died during the Second World War. When an addition was made to the school the ceremonial shovel was put on display. When the School board moved into an underused portion of the school it was suggested that it be renamed removing the word Memorial, but this did not happen due to the objections of the townspeople and the Legion.

A granite Cairn erected in 1983 to replace a previous one with the names of 11 men who made the supreme sacrifice in 1914-1918 and the names of 11 men from 1939-1945.

A beach stone Cairn erected in 1952 and replaced by a new one in 1983.

Opened in 1948, a memorial to the men and women from the local area who served and to those who died in both World Wars. A new hospital was built in 1988 to replace the original. The name was transferred to the new hospital.