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…