A note worthy historical day to be had in Ottawa as The King of Canada and his wife will be in Ottawa on 26-27th May 2025.
A decent photograph of the pair can be found here:
https://www.royal.uk/news-and-activity/ ... -to-canada
The King and Queen will be in Ottawa!
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Re: The King and Queen will be in Ottawa!
Thanks Cathy. I was a bit perturbed to see this page on Thursday morning. Looks a bit spare?
https://veterans.gc.ca/en/news-and-media/infographics/victory-europe-v-e-day
Later on, this Toronto Star item from Holland had me close to tearing up: www.thestar.com/news/for-ve-day-1-000-canadian-students-and-teachers-are-in-the-netherlands-to-honour...
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Fascinating fact: the last people who were directly involved are now by definition at least 97 years old! Ergo they were 17 or 18 as the European war was winding down in early 1945. Plenty of time to have gotten themselves killed though... sobering.
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https://veterans.gc.ca/en/news-and-media/infographics/victory-europe-v-e-day
Later on, this Toronto Star item from Holland had me close to tearing up: www.thestar.com/news/for-ve-day-1-000-canadian-students-and-teachers-are-in-the-netherlands-to-honour...
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N.B. Archived version of the above link: https://archive.is/lKdKt
Fascinating fact: the last people who were directly involved are now by definition at least 97 years old! Ergo they were 17 or 18 as the European war was winding down in early 1945. Plenty of time to have gotten themselves killed though... sobering.
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