Resilience and Determination to Serve: The Story of Canada’s No. 2 Construction Battalion
- Feb 16, 2023
- History
- 6 minute read
This Black History Month, we’re celebrating Black military history in Canada with a coin that honours No. 2 Construction Battalion—the largest all-Black battalion-sized unit in Canadian military history.
The members of No. 2 Construction Battalion served with distinction, and were willing to risk their lives to preserve the very rights and freedoms that weren’t always afforded to them before, during, and after the First World War.
Discover their story, and the importance of preserving and honouring our country’s military history— especially that of those whose stories have often been overlooked.
Credit: Black Cultural Centre of Nova Scotia
This Black History Month, we’re celebrating Black military history in Canada with a coin that honours No. 2 Construction Battalion—the largest all-Black battalion-sized unit in Canadian military history.
The members of No. 2 Construction Battalion served with distinction, and were willing to risk their lives to preserve the very rights and freedoms that weren’t always afforded to them before, during, and after the First World War.
Discover their story, and the importance of preserving and honouring our country’s military history— especially that of those whose stories have often been overlooked.