Remembrance Day stamps salute farmerettes and Soldiers of the Soil
Canada Post has released of its annual Remembrance Day stamp issue, honouring the contributions of the farmerettes and Soldiers of the Soil during the First and Second World Wars.
The two-stamp set commemorates the young men and women who stepped up to support Canada’s agricultural efforts when the country and its allies needed them most.
The two world wars were not only won by troops on the battlefield. Civilians on the home front were instrumental in producing food, ammunition and other supplies for the war effort.
Canada played a lead role in producing food for Britain and the Allied troops during both wars. This was achieved with the help of different federal and provincial programs that recruited youth to work the farm fields at home after thousands of Canadian men left to serve in the battlefields of Europe.