A crowd of around 100 people gathered near the National War Memorial in St. John's as a hearse containing the remains of Newfoundland's unknown soldier drove past, not long after being repatriated from France. The CBC's William Ping was there and heard from residents on how the historic moment made them feel.
An unknown Newfoundland soldier, who fought and died on the battlefields in northeastern France during the First World War, is back home this weekend for the first time in more than a hundred years.
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