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Excerpt from an interview with Mary Riter Hamilton is accompanied here by paintings. Focuses on what remains standing after the horrors of war. The spirit of hope shows through in a painting entitled "Looking Outwards."

Extract from a letter by Mary Riter Hamilton is accompanied here by paintings. Focuses on the landscapes of ravaged towns in France and Belgium after the First World War.

A listing of resources pertaining to the War of 1812. Each site listed is accompanied by a brief descriptive commentary. Part of "From Colony to Country: A Reader's Guide to Canadian Military History."

Excerpt from an interview with Mary Riter Hamilton is accompanied here by paintings. Focuses on the scars war has left on the European countryside.

Extract from a letter by Mary Riter Hamilton is accompanied here by paintings. The theme is "memorials to soldiers who have died at war." Included are paintings of military cemetaries and monuments.

Annotated listing of books and articles dealing with historical treasures and sites from the War of 1812. Part of the National Library website "From Colony to Country: A Reader's Guide to Canadian Military History."

A guide to resources on historical sites of the Northwest Campaign.

A bibliography of resources on war memorials and graves, covering lists of names, battlefield memorials, construction of memorials, and biographies of the people named on memorials from the First World War.

A bibliography of battlefield guides that both summarize the actions of Canadian troops and lead visitors to important Canadian sites.

Resources on the World Wide Web (WWW) for those interested in researching Canada's participation in the First World War. These include reading lists, documents, maps, photographs, posters, biographical information, samples of letters from the front and information about individuals.