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Don’t miss the Bell Memorial erected to commemorate the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, in Brantford.

In 1917, Victor Cavendish, the Governor-General of Canada, 9th Duke of Devonshire, unveiled the memorial. Alexander Graham Bell was in attendance and addressed the audience.

Photo: Brantford Heritage Inventory, Wikimedia Commons

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