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Cision Canada
22-05-2025
- General
- Cision Canada
Commemorating 25 Years of a National Symbol of Remembrance: Canada's Unknown Soldier Opens at the Canadian War Museum
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 by the Canadian War Museum to mark 25 years since the repatriation and interment of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial. Presented through 18 thoughtfully curated panels, this wall display highlights the history and legacy of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which has become a site of reflection, tribute, and collective mourning. It also explores the ongoing role of his tomb in national remembrance. The Unknown Soldier's anonymity makes him a symbol of all Canadians who made the ultimate sacrifice in war. Forging a connection between past sacrifices and present-day service, his tomb offers a space for everyone to grieve, reflect, and remember those lost in war. Visitors are invited to reflect on sacrifice, loss and remembrance while deepening their understanding of how Canada honours those who served. The exhibition also acknowledges the connection between the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Memorial Hall at the Canadian War Museum, where the Unknown Soldier's original headstone is preserved and illuminated each Remembrance Day. Canada's Unknown Soldier will be presented at the War Museum from May 24, 2025 to May 2026. For more information, please visit The Canadian War Museum is Canada's national museum of military history. Its mission is to promote public understanding of Canada's military history in its personal, national and international dimensions. For more information, visit Follow us on X, Facebook or Instagram. If you would like to have your name removed from our distribution list or if this information should be directed to someone else, please email us. SOURCE Canadian War Museum
Ottawa Citizen
03-05-2025
- General
- Ottawa Citizen
Sons of Scotland Pipe Band celebrates 80th anniversary of VE Day in Ottawa
Ottawa marked the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) with bagpipe players lined up from the Canadian War Museum to the War Memorial on Saturday afternoon. Article content Article content The Sons of Scotland Pipe Band, composed of 80 pipers and 20 drummers, were stationed at 80 spots along Wellington Street. Article content Each piper, dressed in kilt and doublet, began playing from their designated positions along the street in one-minute intervals. Article content Article content Article content VE Day marks the day Germany unconditionally surrendered its military forces to the Allied forces on May 8, 1945. In Paris and London there was a outpouring of joy and Canadians joined the celebrations. In Toronto, thousands danced in the streets while three Mosquito aircraft dropped tickertape from overhead. Article content More than a million Canadian soldiers served in the Second World War, and 45,000 were killed. Canadians played a key role throughout the war, such as liberating and the Netherlands from German occupiers and bringing aid to the Dutch. Article content Alan Beveridge, one of the bagpipers, was born 10 years after VE Day. He is turning 70 on Thursday and was 70th in line. He's a retired soldier. Article content 'We all owe a debt of gratitude to the men and women who served during the Second World War,' he told Postmedia on Saturday afternoon. Article content 'We also owe a debt of gratitude to our soldiers and sailors and airmen who continue to serve now, helping to keep Canada free.' Article content Article content
Yahoo
28-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Vietnam Veterans Recalls His Time In Battle, Significance of the Fall of Saigon 50 Years Ago
MINERAL WELLS, TX (FOX 44) — Even 50 years after the Fall of Saigon, the impact of the Vietnam War still runs deep for many veterans. In this story, we meet one of them – a man who not only served his country, but serves to help The National Vietnam War Museum located about an hour west of Fort Worth. He shares how serving in the war shaped his life, and how he has found ways to heal, grow, and keep moving forward. Wayne Parham has some stories to tell about his service as a soldier in the Vietnam War in 1968. 'I earned the two Purple Hearts – [this] one from a head injury and the other one I spent two months in the hospital with being ambushed,' Parham says. One of his most impactful stories is about how this hole happened to this helmet, what he calls his 'steel pot' – in the heat of battle. 'This was not fastened when I dove to help a friend who was under fire. I dove and the helmet slid back on the back of my head. So when they started firing at me, from the ground – the trajectory would have been up,' Parham says. 'So, it creased – this particular round or piece of shrapnel of whatever it was from a grenade or a rocket – it came up and penetrated and cut the liner, as you can see right here, it is cut in two and went through from the inside out. And that's what the big hole is? That's what the big hole is right here. It went in through the inside and when it comes out, it flares. It does the same thing with a body.' Wayne survived and returned home. Two of his fellow soldiers did not. Emotions overtake Wayne as he recalls these memories here at the National Vietnam War Museum. 'It's hard to this day. Not a day goes by that I don't think about all of them that were killed,' Parham says. 'They're up there on that wall on their little half-replica wall, and I come out here several times a year, especially New Year's Day, Christmas Day and on the day of their death when they were killed.' On this day, he's looking for another friend and comrade lost in Vietnam. 'I miss you. I miss you a lot. We shared so many times together, his dreams in high school, his dreams to get back to his girlfriend,' Parham says. Vivid memories of the people he served with, the memories Wayne brought home and still lives with today – some good, some not so good. Wayne recognized long ago he has Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, or PTSD, from his time in battle 57 years ago. He knows when it starts. 'Even last night, I'm barely asleep, and I can feel it,' Parham says. 'I can always feel it coming on. I can feel it starting in my head and it gets hot and it starts moving down to my face and it goes down and takes over my whole body, and I start sweating. My whole bed is sweating. But I learned at PTSD therapy at the VA, which is wonderful, we've learned to copy by getting up –don't remain in bed, don't remain in that anxiety moment – get up and go call somebody.' From coping to thriving, Wayne understands the impact of the Fall of Saigon in 1975, and stands proud of his time of service. 'We veterans, as a whole, we want people to know that those who were drafted just went to do their duty,' Parham stresses. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Egypt Today
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Egypt Today
October War Panorama, Military Museums open to public free of charge on Sinai Liberation Day
CAIRO – 23 April 2025: The open-air exhibition at the October War Panorama, the military museums in El Alamein and Port Said, the War Museum in the Citadel, and the Gamal Abdel Nasser Museum will be open free of charge to the public on Friday, April 25. This announcement comes coinciding with Egypt and the Armed Forces' celebrations of the 43rd anniversary of the Sinai Liberation. The military bands will also participate in the Sinai Liberation celebrations with distinguished symphony bands, performing a number of performances and pieces of famous national songs and melodies in the main squares and streets to commemorate this national anniversary. Sinai Liberation Day is a public holiday in Egypt, which celebrates the liberation of Sinai from Israeli occupation. It is the anniversary of the liberation of the peninsula of Sinai corresponding to April 25 of each year, celebrating the day in 1982 when Egypt recovered the land of Sinai and the withdrawal of the last Israeli soldier from the city of Taba in 1988. On this day, Egyptians give tribute to the officers and soldiers from the Egyptian armed forces and their sacrifices which led to the recovery of Sinai from occupation.
