History of public memory fights: remembering Ginger Goodwin or not


Who'd a thunk it?  The Vancouver Sun notes the centenary of the shooting of union leader and conscription resister Ginger Goodwin -- and ends with an glimpse of how nasty and petty provincial politics can be in this country
On July 27, B.C.�s NDP government proclaimed Ginger Goodwin Day to mark the 100th anniversary of his �untimely death.�
The NDP has also renamed Hwy. 19 near Cumberland Ginger Goodwin Way. A previous NDP government had done so in the 1990s, but the provincial Liberals changed it when they got into power in 2001.
Photo: From Vancouver Sun/Paul Rudan

Update, August 20:  I now see that Daniel Francis was way ahead of me on this story.

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