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He slipped the surly bonds of earth

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth…Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.  Inscription John Gillespie Magee’s headstone. John Gillespie

Wreaths Across Canada starts tradition

More than 2,700 graves at the National Military Cemetery in Ottawa had balsam wreaths placed upon them on the first Sunday in December  in what

Canadian graves in England to be restored

Canadian families are working with a group of volunteers in England to restore the headstones of two Canadian airmen buried far from home. The airmen, 

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