Cape Breton Highlanders Get Back Their Good Name

January 18 2011

Canada

Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay says a Cape Breton army reserve unit will revert to its original name, reports the Canadian Press.

The 2nd Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders (Cape Breton) will be renamed the Cape Breton Highlanders, the name under which the unit fought in the Boer War, both world wars and Korea, the minister said Sunday.

The unit lost its original name in 1955.

Restoring the name to the unit that was born in 1871 "is a gesture of pride and respect...

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