On November 19, 1869, the body of Joseph Guibord was buried in Montreal under police protection.
There had been riots in Montreal because Guibord had criticized Roman Catholic clergy for banning certain books. Many Roman Catholics felt he should not be buried in consecrated ground.
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Nice post! I work right across the street from Christ Church Cathedral. It hasn’t changed too much since the photo above, except they put the whole thing up on stilts for a few years while they built a shopping promenade underneath. Then the built a skyscraper behind it but copied the cathedral window motif in it.
http://promenadescathedrale.com/home-shopping-centre-downtown-montreal.php
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Thanks, i’ll check it out! 🙂
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