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The Faces to Graves project is collecting stories and photographs of nearly 6,000 Canadian soldiers buried in Dutch cemeteries For three quarters of a century, people
With your tap debit or credit card, you tap on the bright poppy image on the box and take a poppy. You have just made
Remembrance Day 2020 in Ottawa was different but no less poignant The wreaths were almost all placed beforehand, 379 of them neatly lined up in
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My father, Harry Culley, never talked much about the war, I think because he felt he got off easy compared to many others. He seemed
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Anne Frank’s first entry into that famous diary came on her 13th birthday in June 1942. “I hope I shall be able to confide
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Canadian forces nearly overstayed their welcome after liberating the Netherlands in 1945 There is no doubt the Canadian liberation of the Netherlands was hailed by
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
