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June 2, 2025 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces. The Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have identified a previously unknown First World War ...
The Westmoreland County Veterans Memorial is seen in the background as Son of Union Veterans of the Civil War Capt. George A. Cribbs Camp 276 member Eric Wieble holds a flag to keep it from ...
The commemorative panel exhibit will mark 25 years since the repatriation of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. “Presented through 18 thoughtfully curated panels, this wall ...
OTTAWA, May 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Royal Canadian Legion shared the history of how Canada’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier came to be, during a special Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) event ...
The remains of an unidentified Canadian soldier, killed during the First World War and originally buried in France, were repatriated and laid to rest in front of the National War Memorial in Ottawa.
Lt. William Cullen, an officer with the 48th Pennsylvania Regiment, died in the Battle of Antietam Creek during the Civil War on Sept. 17, 1862. Schuylkill County Common Pleas Judge William Burke, … ...
The "Say Their Names Marathon" will follow the 69th Annual Commonwealth's Memorial Day Ceremony and feature the reading of nearly 12,000 names of Virginians killed or missing in action.
The American Legion — a war veterans group based in Indianapolis, Indiana — promotes National Poppy Day, held the Friday before Memorial Day, to raise awareness for the holiday, the last ...
OTTAWA, ON, May 22, 2025 /CNW/ - Discover the story behind one of Canada's most powerful symbols of remembrance. Opening May 24, Canada's Unknown Soldier is a commemorative panel exhibition developed ...
Just before Memorial Day weekend, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment places American flags at the grave sites of more than 260,000 service members buried at the cemetery — an event known as “Flags ...
Danbury War Memorial Board President Abraham Kayal, left, and Executive Director Jenny Lucia Guerra check out the HVAC duct that is part of a new system bringing air-conditioning to the Danbury ...