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July 1st is kind of different in Newfoundland.
Some historians argue that the dream of an independent Newfoundland died on 1 July 1916 with the colony's best and brightest at Beaumont-Hamel
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On this day in 2024, an Unknown Soldier killed at Beaumont-Hamel on July 1, 1916, was entombed at the foot of the National War Memorial in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Unknown Soldier represents the Newfoundland soldiers who gave their lives.

📸 Anasophie Vallee
July 1, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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Great Big Sea - Recruiting Sergeant
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July 1, 2026 at 11:24 AM