The Civil War ‘Fraud’ That Fought For Canada In World War 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ย. 2023
- Sapper John William Boucher wasn't letting age stop him. Freshly into his 70's, John joined up with the 257th Railway Construction Battalion and was shipped off to France.
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THE SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE
ALLMICHIGANCIVILWAR.COM
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PORT MAITLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
1000 ISLANDS HISTORY MUSEUM
ARCHIVES NEW ZEALAND
US NATIONAL ARCHIVES
LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES OF CANADA
STATE ARCHIVES OF FLORIDA
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
“MURDER WITH MUSIC”, 1941
DIR. BY GEORGE P. QUIGLEY
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
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WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME - COOPER CANNELL - บันเทิง
Wow great history and what a dude! Need more like him. 👍
Thanks! He was a hell of a soldier.
Haha truly a strange story about the piano. Likely though the piano was rigged to explode, but the rest of the story I don’t believe. Oh well, such is the nature of story tellers, like our good friend Farley Mowat. Sometimes they “don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story”
Bingo. Every story worth telling is worth embellishing.
Cool video, thanks! Hate to pile on but its pronounced Ganna-knock-way 1:24
Can ya tell I’m not from Ontario?
Boucher is fine, it's "Steve-a-dore" though. :-) Pro-tip - don't ever use the word "decal" in a video. The Yanks will chew you alive over how we pronounce it up here.
Your "would" count is 13 for this one. Your prose will pop if you drop the passive "He would die on..." format and go for the "He died on...."
Call me gullible (actually, I think you already did) but the piano story has a small ring of truth to it. Not as presented, but in both wars the Germans, being on the defensive in the closing months and years of the conflicts, became adept at boobytraps. I don't believe they would bother turning a piano into a master blasting machine as described, but rigging some keys to blast anyone attempting to play it (or even just rigging the keyboard cover to ignite a grenade when it opens) sounds like other stories with a bit more provenance. And for what it is worth there are stories of German officers at Vimy, and other places they had time to put in permanent defensive works, having pretty elaborate creature comforts. I'm sure I've even read of a piano in a bunker somewhere - which would be too heavy to take on the retreat.
Anyway, good video once again, I liked the moment of reflection at the end, very appropriate to the release date. Lest we forget.
Noted. This one came together fairly quickly. Not an excuse, just an explanation on the less than eloquent prose.
I'm sure Mr. Boucher's stories have a lick of truth to them. The piano was just too far for me to believe.
That remembrance day footage was from 1945 or 1946, some time near the end of the second world war. It really puts another meaning to the ceremony. Lest we forget.
I wonder if Boucher received a government pension for his service in the US Civil War. That would seem to definitely answer the question about his service.
A less strong argument is his attending reunion groups after the war. Presumably if he had misrepresented his service, other veterans (especially from the same units) would very quickly point this out.
Not really the same thing, but I once met someone trying to pass themselves off as an alumni of my High School (around the same time I was there). 🤣
That's an excellent question. There isn't a lot of information about John outside of his miraculous ww1 service. He certainly was accepted and respected in the civil war and ww1 veteran communities so perhaps he had a much more convincing story in person as opposed to the one that is published.
I'm usually a fan of your content, but I don't really like the opening line here. It's not because of the dismissive attitude towards name pronunciation itself - I'm a mild Pokemon fan, the Arceus/Rayquaza debates will never not be incredibly stupid to me - but when you're honoring a soldier on Remembrance Day, the joke about pronouncing their name comes off as ignorant mockery. It's bad taste in context.
I felt the same way at first - but its not an ignorant tone or stance when you watch and consider the entire video. The point is Boucher may not have been entirely who he claims considering the civil war and undocumented info according to Boucher may not be truth
Thanks for the feedback. It really wasn't meant in jest: I've been getting a lot of feedback on how bad my pronunciation is and this was an effort to head people off before they leave comments. I'll keep the snark to myself next time. Mr. Boucher, and all veterans, deserve the utmost respect and our team wants to communicate our reverence towards them. We were hoping our silent tribute was enough but next year we will do better.
its boucher or something
Clears it up.