It’s been a century since the Westmount Armoury was built on Ste-Catherine Street West near Westmount Park — and now it’s the focus of a new exhibit presented by the Royal Montreal Regiment.

Armoury or Bust: A Century in Westmount explores the people, stories, and legacy that have shaped the regiment’s place in the Westmount community.

“When you strip away the uniforms and the medals and the weapons, it’s all about humans,” said Colin Robinson, president of the RMR Foundation and a retired lieutenant-colonel. “And the curator who put together this program and put together this exhibit really did a good job at highlighting all the personal aspects, all the community events that would happen.”

“The regiment was formed for World War I in 1914 by amalgamating three different Montreal units,

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