23 December, 2024

July 2013

Korean Veterans Remembrance Day

Richard Lawrence01 mins

Bill S-213 proclaimed that 27 July would be Korean War Veterans Day and the first of those was celebrated this last Saturday beneath a beautiful blue sky and comfortable temperatures. The main remembrance was held in Brampton but a small ceremony attended by approximately 20 Korean War Veterans was held at the National War Memorial in…

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Crysler’s Farm 2013

Richard Lawrence01 mins

Crysler’s Farm was the scene of a seminal battle in Canada’s history in 1813 and celebrated its’ 200th anniversary this past weekend. To commemorate the event, the Friends of Crysler’s Farm Battlefield Memorial hosted a large scale re-enactment event that consisted of an 1812 encampment (Americans and British), daytime and nighttime battles, native dancing, a…

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