Fleet Week aboard the O’Brien : October 10 and 11

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Members in the Bay Area may be interested in taking advantage of this opportunity to view Fleet Week from a historic location.

SS Jeremiah O'Brien

National Liberty Ship Memorial
-Every year, the Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, and allied naval forces bring their ships into San Francisco Bay for Fleet Week.

Every year, most people stand on the shore and watch.

You don’t have to do that.

The SS Jeremiah O’Brien is sailing during Fleet Week — October 10 and 11.

You’ll be on the water, under steam, watching the naval vessels and the Blue Angels from the deck of a ship launched in 1943. Watch the engineers keep the lights burning and the screw turning. The crew will be at their stations. The Bay will be full of hardware that doesn’t get this close to shore very often.

Tickets: $195 Adults / $125 Youth / $480 Family

Early Bird Pricing is now in effect until August 31st! 

Early Bird Tickets: $175 Adults / $105 Youth / $420 Family

Fleet Week has sold out both days every year we’ve run it. We don’t hold capacity for walk-ups.

→ Get tickets — October 10
→ Get tickets — October 11

Pier 35, San Francisco. Departure 1100.

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San Francisco, CA 94133
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SS Jeremiah O’Brien

Pier 35, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94133

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Remembering a king’s message: “How all civilized nations should live together.”

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An item from the Legion Magazine.
Weekly Feature
Observation Post

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the platform of the royal train that carried them across Canada during their 1939 royal tour. (William Lyon Mackenzie King /LAC/PA-203283)

Remembering a king’s message:
“How all civilized nations should live together.”

STORY BY RICHARD FOOT

Here’s a reminder of how much the world has changed—and how much it hasn’t.

In June 1939, King George VI, at the end of his and Queen Elizabeth’s royal tour of North America, paid tribute to the friendship they had witnessed between Canada and the United States:

“From the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the tropics to the Arctic, lies a large part of the earth where there is no possibility of war between neighbours, whose peoples are wholly dedicated to the pursuits of peace, a pattern to all men of how civilized nations should live together,” the kng said.

“It is good to know that such a region exists, for what man can do once he can do again. By God’s grace yours may yet be the example which all the world will follow.”

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Wounded Great War veterans George Hincks and Marshall McDougall pictured in the Calgary Daily Herald on April 21, 1923. [Calgary Daily Herald]

Historian Eric Story on the legacy of Great War veterans with disabilities

STORY BY ALEX BOWERS

When the guns of the Western Front fell silent on Nov. 11, 1918, the smoke of battle gradually faded. The violence of the previous four years, however, had left countless scars—not only on the shattered landscape, but on those who survived it.

In time, sites of such bloodshed could largely heal—mud replaced with fertile fields, ruins rebuilt into thriving communities. The same could not always be said for tens of thousands of Canadian veterans with disabilities—men who had lost limbs, developed chronic illnesses or otherwise endured life-altering wounds. For many of these individuals, the Great War was carried home with them.

Medical and military historian Eric Story, an assistant professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont., has studied the legacies of the conflict for more than 10 years. Rather than the quagmires of Belgium and France, his research has charted the very different—yet no less complex—landscape of postwar disability and advocacy in Canada.

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A Historic Recognition: D-Day Beaches Join UNESCO World Heritage

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Members may be interested in this news that was announced a couple of weeks ago.  Note the inclusion of Juno Beach in particular.

Behind the UNESCO World Heritage inscription and the universal significance of an exceptional site of remembrance
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THE D-DAY LANDING BEACHES INSCRIBED ON THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST:
A POWERFUL SYMBOL
Pointe du Hoc, Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword Beach: these names resonate far beyond Normandy. Eighty-two years after the largest amphibious operation in history, a new milestone has been reached. It is now official: The D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944 have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.*
The long-awaited announcement was made by the World Heritage Committee during its meeting in South Korea this July.

This recognition is the result of a long-standing collective effort led by the Normandy Region, the French State and local stakeholders. The goal was to highlight the Outstanding Universal Value of the D-Day (short for Decision Day) Landing Beaches, sites forever associated with one of the defining events of the Second World War. Today, that goal has become a reality.
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Beyond the immense hope sparked by the D-Day Landings of 6 June 1944 across occupied and oppressed Europe, this unprecedented military operation embodied an alliance between nations united by shared values. Operation Overlord paved the way for reconstruction and, ultimately, for reconciliation between former enemies.

A LEGACY TO PRESERVE

The inscription of the D-Day Landing Beaches on the UNESCO World Heritage List represents international recognition of this historical and cultural heritage. Significant traces of the events can still be found along the coastline, including the remains of the Mulberry B artificial harbour off Arromanches. With UNESCO World Heritage status comes a responsibility to preserve the site for future generations. A dedicated management plan will address environmental challenges, particularly the impact of climate change on the coastline, while involving local communities in the governance of the property.

PASSING ON THIS HERITAGE TO FUTURE GENERATIONS

Joining the World Heritage List is also a commitment to the future. At a time when fewer and fewer direct witnesses remain, passing on this legacy to younger generations becomes an increasingly important challenge. The responsibility now lies with the memorial sites themselves and with those who bring their stories to life. This collective ambition is more relevant than ever: ensuring that future generations continue to engage with the history of D-Day and the universal message of peace it conveys, for the world of today and tomorrow.
EXPLORE THE D-DAY LANDING BEACHES
D-DAY AT A GLANCE
  • By the evening of 6 June 1944, 156,000 Allied troops had landed in Normandy, primarily Americans, British, Canadians and French, alongside Belgians, Dutch, Norwegians and Poles. Of these, 133,000 arrived by sea and 23,000 by air.
  • 1,300 transport ships
  • 4,000 landing craft
  • In 2025, the memorial sites and places of remembrance associated with the D-Day Landings and the Battle of Normandy recorded more than 5.9 million visits. This exceptional level of attendance reaches its peak during major D-Day anniversaries.
* United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

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