The 25th April is a day of remembrance for the Australians and New Zealanders for the Battle of Gallipoli in the Crimea during World War I and is an unusual ceremony in that it is celebrated with its enemy, at the time the Ottoman Empire, now Turkey. There were several other countries involved including countries…
Today (14th Feb, 2019) the Canadian War Museum opened a new exhibit entitled “The Wounded” in which it displayed 18 black-and-white portraits of Canadian men and women who served and were wounded in Afghanistan, taken by photojournalist Stephen J. Thorne. Sixteen of the portraits were originally featured in a series by Legion Magazine in 2017…
“We honour all those who gave the supreme sacrifice, but we also honour those who, daring to die, survived.” These were the parting words from Mr. Jack Callowhill, WWII veteran and member of the First Special Service Force (FSSF), at the Canadian War Museum on Wednesday, 22nd November, 2018, where the replica Congressional Gold Medal,…
images from the Royal Canadian Legion multi-media production shown on the Kipnes Lantern at the National Arts Centre and from the Veterans Affairs multi-media production “The Edge of Peace” shown in Confederation Park.
images from the Candlelight Tribute for Veterans held at the Canadian War Museum on the 5th November, 2018.
images from the Imjin Classic Hockey game played at TD Stadium in Ottawa. This Korean War commemorative game pits the Royal 22e Régiment (R22eR) against the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) as it did in the original game in 1952 on the Imjin River in Korea.
images from the 2018 Remembrance Ceremony held in the Senate Chambers of the Parliament Buildings.
images from the 2018 Peacekeepers Day Ceremony at the Reconciliation Monument in Ottawa
With the U.S.A. and North Korea in the news the last few weeks, it is fitting to remember the Korean War and its outcome, which led to the current political positions of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (a.k.a. DPRK or North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (a.k.a. ROK or South Korea) and the…
The 103rd remembrance of the Gallipoli campaign was marked at the Canadian War Museum as ANZAC Day was commemorated on the 25th April, 2018. There was a huge turnout, from the High Commissioners from Australia and New Zealand, the Ambassador of Turkey, delegations from several other countries (UK, France, India, Greece, etc.), and from several…