Remembrance Day - Part 2: Boer War

Why study the Boer War:

1) first overseas conflict in which Canadians served
2) Canadians Sam Steel and John McCrae served (alongside Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Gandhi, Winston Churchill and others)
3) Canadian military reputation
4) Demonstrates the relationship between Britain and Canada and the continuing conflict between French and English Canada.  Both of these affect Canada in the century to follow.

Boer War:

Wikipedia overview
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boer_Wars

Breaker Morant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaker_Morant

Canadian War Museum - Boer War
http://www.warmuseum.ca/education/online-educational-resources/dispatches/for-queen-and-country-canadians-and-the-south-african-war-1899-1902/

Attestation papers and other documents for a Canadian volunteer
http://angloboerwarmuseum.com/Boer70w_hero25_adams.html\

Spion Kop
http://www.angloboerwarmuseum.com/Boer29_battles2.html

Excerpts from John McCrae's letters & a good overview of the war and aftermath for Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP11CH2PA3LE.html

Canada's ties to Britain or why Canadians volunteered for the Boer War
http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP11CH2PA2LE.html

Biography of John McCrae - author of In Flanders Fields
http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP11CH2PA6LE.html

Popular Christian hymn in Canada "When the Roll is Called Up Yonder" as Canadians became aware of the casualty toll in South Africa.  From this website:  http://www.angloboerwarmuseum.com/Boer29_battles2.html

Battle Lines: Last Boer War Veteran - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WyF8KaVyt8

Trailer for Breaker Morant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMfPBqDcy9M 

How peace was finally achieved:
http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/peace-vereeniging
http://www.tshwane.gov.za/Services/ArtsCultureandHeritage/Melrose%20House/Anglo-Boer%20War
http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/intro/peace-treaty-vereeniging.php