A jacket from the First World War belonging to a soldier with a storied link to Lethbridge is now part of the Galt Museum's permanent collection after being discovered among costumes at the Yates Theatre.
Maj. Alexander Boswell Stafford, the first Battery Commander of the 39th Battery, which was raised out of Lethbridge in 1915. A jacket from the First World War belonging to a soldier with a storied link to Lethbridge, Alta. is now part of the Galt Museum's permanent collection after being discovered among costumes at the Yates Theatre.
After carefully inspecting more than 100 pieces of clothing, collections assistant Kirstan Schamuhn identified a jacket with significant value. "All of the artillery from World War One came from Lethbridge, but when you look at the Galt resources of archives and artifacts, it's hard to prove. There's lots of artifacts and stories still out there that remain to be discovered."
According to museum representatives, these types of First World War items are incredibly hard to find, making this jacket a massive piece of the region's history."Most of those gems, you would think would have come in 50 years ago, but to have something come in, in 2021 that's this important, it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up."
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