Abstract
Abstract: Although sporadic scholarship has focused on the activities of Canada's home front during the Second Boer War (1899–1902), historians have overlooked the patriotic rally at Toronto's Massey Hall in the conflict's earliest days. The most publicized participants at the rally were the orator George Parkin, a leading Canadian promotor of a British imperial federation; and England's eminent contralto Clara Butt. Extensive newspaper coverage, while lauding the oration and singing at the rally, simultaneously alluded to the rally's potentially widespread influence. This article assesses the rally's events and impact, concluding that while its influence cannot always be readily determined, it was likely a significant factor on the Canadian home front.
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