Design of Halifax’s first monument to women unveiled: ‘Times have changed’
HALIFAX — During the Second World War, Peggy McAlpine made a lot of sandwiches — thousands of them.
Halifax was bustling in wartime, clogged with young servicemen waiting to board ships headed overseas, and they needed food, and often a sympathetic ear.
It wasn’t glamorous work at the North End Service Canteen, but it was part of a massive volunteer effort, run mainly by women.
“I made sandwiches and I listened to the heartbreak stories … They would usually sail the next day,” the 101-year-old said Thursday after helping unveil the design for a unique monument that will pay tribute to female volunteers during the Second World War.