On 21st April, 2022, the Korean Embassy and the Korean Veterans Association, Unit #7, held a ceremony to remember the Battle of Kapyong in Korea on April 23-25, 1951. The battle was pivotal in that it allowed the retreating South Korean forces to orderly move through the Kapyong Valley and it stemmed the Chinese advance…
It is difficult today to believe that a person’s courage or ability in conflict can be affected by the colour of their skin, but that has not always been the case. Given North America’s history of slavery and subsequent emancipation, many have believed, and continue to believe, that those races so enslaved were lesser persons…
All too often during Remembrance periods we only think of those who died and we forget the multitudes who returned from war with physical and mental traumas. Not so for Elaine Goble, an artist from Orleans, Ontario, who has recently been given an exhibition of her artwork at the Canadian War Museum. Elaine has completed…
Today, August 15th, 2020, marks the 75th Anniversary of the end of World War II with the surrender of Japan. Although not known to many, Canada did participate in the Pacific Theatre – some attached to other countries such as Hampton Grey with the Royal Navy’s HMS Formidable of the British Pacific Fleet, and others,…
To see all the pictures, go to: https://www.richardlawrencephotography.ca/rlpgalleries/2020/armistice67/ On Sunday, 21st June, 2020, a remembrance ceremony was held at the Monument to the Canadian Fallen in Ottawa to remember the 516 Canadian military members who were killed during the Korean War and the celebrate the 67th Anniversary of the signing of the Korean Armistice which brought…
Today was the 69th anniversary of the Battle of Kapyong and a remembrance ceremony for the 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry (PPCLI), and the other countries involved in the defence of this area, was held at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on a bright, brisk April morning. Normally this ceremony would have been…
On March 4th and 5th, the Canadian Defence Association Institute (CDAI) Conference on Security and Defence was held at the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa covering a myriad of topics from a group of international leaders and experts. Now, the conference is too long and to intricate to cover in a mere blog post and…
The O.S.A.A. Lame Ducks debuted their new jerseys today against the General Officers and Flag Officers (GOFOs) of DND, also sporting new jerseys, in a hockey game that almost didn’t take place because of a schedule screw-up. The game was supposed to be a full game from 1400-1600 hours but on arrival, players were told…
The Candlelight Tribute for Veterans ceremony is unique in all the remembrance ceremonies in that it literally highlights the “passing of the torch” of remembrance from the veterans to the youth of Canada. It does this by providing the veterans at the ceremony with electronic candles which they take with them to their seats and…
Veterans Week always starts with a Remembrance Ceremony in the Senate Chambers on Parliament Hill but that venue is now under renovations for the next ten years so the ceremony was held in the new home of the Senate, the Senate Building of Canada (a.k.a. the Government Conference Centre, a.k.a. the Old Train Station). Now…