Feb. 7 – First War Artists Commissioned

from Today in Canadian History · host Marc Affeld

Canada became the first nation in the world to officially commission war artists on this day back in 1918. To learn more we spoke with Dr. Laura Brandon, a historian of war and art at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

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