‘The text message of WW I’: Western University history class sends wartime postcards to original addresses

History students at Western University in London, Ont., are mailing postcards from soldiers in the First World War back to the Canadian addresses that originally received them, to give people living there now a glimpse into life during the war. Students will mail around 400 postcards they’ve digitized and printed ahead of Remembrance Day on Nov. 11, so people can learn the personal stories of those who lived in their communities more than a century ago to find a connection between the past and present. “Countries go to war, but it’s people who actually fight the war, who suffer and pay the price. And here’s one way you can get a sense of someone’s life story who has a connection to yours,

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