Today was a busy day with 3 events of which the first was CANSEC, which I’ll post in a couple of days. However, today I got to shot royalty again as their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Kingdom of the Netherlands arrived in town and laid a wreath at the Tomb of…
On Sunday, the Royal Netherlands Air Force Orchestra was at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum putting on a concert in celebration of 70 years since the liberation of the Netherlands. The MC for the event was the Defence Attaché from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, LCol. Christa Oppers-Beumer and also featured…
On Saturday evening, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum was all abuzz, but not with aircraft. Saturday evening the Richard Robinson Academy of Fashion Design was having a fashion show and using the Museum as the stage. The evening was sold out with approximately 600 people in attendance to see some of the past fashions…
The day dawned cold at the National War Memorial on the morning of the 25th of April – it was -6 with the wind chill at 5:30 in the morning. It was the 100th Anniversary of Anzac Day, the day the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACs) stormed the beach on the Gallipoli Peninsula…
Today the Korean Embassy and the Korean Veterans Association, Chapter #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 when an Australian…
For those in the Smiths Falls area, and have Cogeco as a tv provider, the video that we produced for the Smiths Falls Flying Club entilted “The Russ Beach Airport Story” is being aired at the following times: 10 Feb – 08:00 pm 15 Feb – 10:30 pm 18 Feb – 09:00 pm If you…
On the afternoon of 17 December, 2014, the General Officers and Flag Officers (GOFO) of DND, led by the Chief of Defence Staff Gen Tom Lawson, met a team of defence attachés from various embassies in Ottawa in a spirited hockey game at the University of Ottawa hockey arena. Although closely contested, the GOFOs emerged…
On Sunday, 07 December, 2014, the Wreaths Across Canada organization had their ceremony at Beechwood Cemetery with the stated goal to place a wreath of the grave of every veteran. It was a cold and bright day, a nice change from last year which was miserable, and the event was well attended. Cadets placed the…
Today marked the 73rd anniversary of the Battle of Hong Kong where “C” Force (1,975 personnel of The Winnipeg Grenadiers and the Royal Rifles of Canada) were the first Canadian soldiers to see action in WWII. They were undergoing training and not yet fully equipped when the Japanese attacked without a declaration of War. After…
On Saturday, a hockey game was hosted by the Korean Embassy which pitted the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) against the Royal 22e Regiment (Vandoos) in a commemoration of hockey games played by Canadian troops on the frozen Imjin River in Korea during the Korean War. It also celebrated the special friendship that now…