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Tag Archives: Remembrance Day
100th anniversary of the Remembrance Poppy
The Royal Canadian Legion’s 2021 Poppy campaign starts today. Every year, from the last Friday of October to November 11, millions of Canadians wear a Poppy as a visual pledge to honour Canada’s veterans and remember those who sacrificed for the freedoms … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 9, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Remembrance Day Blogs and ArticlesAncestry free access to Canadian military records by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Participate in the Indexing of the Canadian World War I Personal Records by … Continue reading
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Toronto’s flag tradition returns to salute Canadian veterans on Remembrance Day
On the eve of Remembrance Day, a patriotic sea of 47,500 Canadian flags will be planted at Sunnybrook Veterans Centre in Toronto so that 475 veteran residents can wake up November 11th knowing their sacrifice has been remembered. The Operation Raise a … Continue reading
More than half of Canadians don’t know significance of this year’s Remembrance Day — plus free-access offer to Ancestry, Fold3, Newspapers.com
Ahead of November 11, a study commissioned by Ancestry reveals that the majority of Canadians are unaware that this Remembrance Day marks a significant milestone: the 100th Anniversary of the end of The Great War. The survey, conducted by Leger … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — November 8, 2014
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Twitter Adoption and Use by Canadian and US Genealogical Societies by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. From Roscommon to Canada II on Townload of Origin. Plotting the Locations by … Continue reading
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