Did you know there is a length of rope used as a noose in our discovery hall?

Over the past several years we have received several items from the family of Edward Buchanan related to his time as a Staff Sergeant with the RCMP in Lethbridge. One of those items was a section of thick rope that his son Ted tells us was used in the penultimate execution by hanging carried out in Lethbridge in the late 1940s. Ted attended the hanging, and his father acted as the executioner.

Galt's Vaults, Online PresentationKevin MacLeanApril 7, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesNoose, Rope, Hanging, Execution, RCMP, Buchanan, CollectionsComment