Maclean’s Magazine Makes 66,349 Covers Available for Canadian Fallen of WWI

The following teaser is from 660citynews.com:

CALGARY (660 NEWS) – Next month’s Remembrance Day marks a century since World War I ended, and Maclean’s Magazine has put together an ambitious project to honour each Canadian killed in the fighting.

The latest issue has 66,349 different covers — each one with a name and a story, plus one for the Unknown Soldier.

Maclean’s Editor-in-Chief Alison Uncles was inspired by the War Museum in Ottawa, moved by a Vimy Ridge display with a wall of lights, each representing a soldier who died…

Canadians can also request a special copy be printed, honouring a family member.

Read the full article at: https://www.660citynews.com/2018/10/11/macleans-prints-thousands-of-different-covers-for-100th-anniversary-of-wwis-end/

Thanks to ResearchBuzz for the heads-up.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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