By The Canadian Press, July 1, 2016
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — There were tears of pride, loss and remembrance as huge crowds gathered Friday to mark 100 years since the Newfoundland Regiment’s slaughter at Beaumont-Hamel shook the former British dominion to its core.
July 1, 1916, was the disastrous launch of the Somme campaign in the First World War.
