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Salvation Army

Salvation Army is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Manitoba · 300 Booth Drive, Winnipeg · location approximate

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The Salvation Army was founded in London, England, in 1865 by William Booth in response to the wretched conditions of the urban poor. As a Christian Church with an acute social conscience, The Salvation Army offers its "heart to God and its hand to man". The first Winnipeg Corps was established in December 1886. Four years later, the Army founded the Rescue Home and Children's Shelter on Ross Avenue for destitute women and children. This home functioned until 1904 when Grace Hospital became the first incorporated hospital of The Salvation Army in Canada. A new hospital opened in 1906 on Arlington Street. Extensions were added during the next sixty years to meet community needs. It served as a maternity facility until 1929 when it became a general hospital. The new Grace General Hospital opened on this site in 1967.

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William Booth fonde l’Armée du Salut à Londres, en Angleterre, en 1865, pour améliorer les conditions de vie misérables de la population urbaine pauvre. Église chrétienne animée d’une profonde conscience sociale, l’Armée du Salut se décrit « le cœur tourné vers Dieu et les mains vers les hommes ». Le premier poste de Winnipeg est créé en décembre 1886. Quatre ans plus tard, l’Armée du Salut fonde le Rescue Home and Children’s Shelter, sur l’avenue Ross, pour les femmes et les enfants démunis. Ce refuge reste ouvert jusqu’en 1904, date à laquelle le Grace Hospital devient le premier hôpital de l’Armée du Salut constituée en société au Canada. Un nouvel hôpital ouvre ses portes sur la rue Arlington en 1906. Il est agrandi au cours des 60 années suivantes pour répondre aux besoins de la communauté. D’abord maternité, l’établissement devient un hôpital général en 1929. Le nouveau Grace General Hospital ouvre ses portes à cet endroit en 1967.

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Plaque text and location: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques, Historic Resources Branch, Government of Manitoba, as the Branch publishes them on its plaque pages. The text is the Manitoba Heritage Council’s text as the Branch publishes it; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the location the Branch gives and marked approximate. Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)
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