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VIDEO: Miners Memorial graveside ceremony

For 34 years, the Cumberland Museum and Archives has presented Miners Memorial, an annual commemoration of workers, highlighting labour and working history.

For 34 years, the Cumberland Museum and Archives has presented Miners Memorial, an annual commemoration of workers, highlighting labour and working history.

As one of the few yearly events celebrating labour history in western Canada, the three-day gathering welcomes hundreds of attendees and reflects a diversity of struggles, past and present.

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On Saturday, a large crowd gathered at the gravesite of Ginger Goodwin at the Cumberland Municipal Cemetery for a ceremony which featured speakers, music, the laying of flowers on the gave and a rose ceremony on the graves of fallen miners at Miners Row.

Watch the video below for highlights of the ceremony:



Erin Haluschak

About the Author: Erin Haluschak

Erin Haluschak is a journalist with the Comox Valley Record since 2008. She is also the editor of Trio Magazine...
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