New virtual exhibit features letters of N.S. soldiers in First World War

HALIFAX -- A new exhibit is highlighting original letters from three Nova Scotians who fought in the war from 1914 to 1918.

The Nova Scotia Archives has launched the virtual exhibit called Letters Home: Correspondence from the First World War.

Communities, Culture and Heritage Minister Tony Ince says the letters were links to some of the many who did not return home from war.

He says it's fitting that the exhibit is available before people gather to pay tribute to veterans on Remembrance Day.

The exhibit includes letters from George Allen Fraser from Halifax, L. Howard Johnstone from Cape Breton and Daniel Morrison from Blues Mills.

Fraser and Morrison returned from the war, while Johnstone died in battle.

The archives plans to continue the series on its website with new content each November until 2018.

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  The Letters Home: Correspondence from the First World War exhibit contains a small selection of original letters from three Nova Scotians who fought in the 1914-1918 war. (Nova Scotia Archives)