On 19th June, 2022, at the National War Memorial, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea (a.k.a. ROK and South Korea) hosted a remembrance ceremony in honour of the 69th anniversary of the signing of the Korean Armistice in 1953. While this did not end the war, it did end the active hostilities and although…
From the 17th to the 19th May, 2022, Canada was host to HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. They arrived in Ottawa about 1900 hrs on the 17th, arriving in the Prime Ministers Airbus 310, toured the capital on the 18th, and departed about 1100 hrs…
The Kingdom of the Netherlands has always had a fondness for Canada, and specifically Ottawa, since the Second World War when the Dutch Royal Family sheltered in Ottawa after the Netherlands fell to the Nazis. In particular, Her Royal Highness, Princess Margriet was born in Ottawa at the Civic Hospital in January, 1943, in the…
CANSEC, the foremost show of military suppliers in the country, was once again held in person at the EY Centre in Ottawa on the 1st and 2nd June, 2022, complete with anti-military protesters who clearly are unaware of what can happen to an unprepared country, i.e. Ukraine. On display were many vendors from major ship…
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…
The 105th ceremony of remembrance for the Royal Newfoundland Regiment (RNR) and Battle of Beaumont-Hamel was held on July 1st, 2021, at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, on a somewhat overcast morning that threatened rain but eventually cleared up to a beautiful summer’s day. All Covid-19 restrictions were observed. The 1st of July is…
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…
