'You couldn't get away from it': 1953 Coronation was major topic at Canadian schools

Ahead of Queen Elizabeth's coronation in 1953, Kenneth Munro’s Grade 2 class studied the history of the monarchy, staged a play about the Royal Family and all 700 students at his northern Ontario school listened live on radio as she took her oath.

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