Yearly Archives: 2022

Remember me: Soldier’s remains identified 106 years after battle

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An item from the Legion Magazine.
Front Lines
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Remember me: Soldier’s remains identified 106 years after battle

STORY BY STEPHEN J. THORNE

Harry Atherton was just 19 years old when he left the factories, foundries and collieries of his home in Tyldesley, an ancient mill town in the north of England, and came to forge a new life in Canada.

For a young man with Canada in his sights, he couldn’t have found a spot much farther away, or much different, from his home, settling as he did in McBride, B.C., a Rocky Mountain village that in 2021 numbered just 588 people.

It was 1913, a fortuitous time for a carpenter such as Atherton in a place like McBride.

Far from the Roman road that ran through his hometown where urbanization and industrialization took root in the 19th century, McBride was a young settlement located on Mile 90 of the brand-new Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.

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200 Greatest Canadians

Canadian Flygirls

STORY BY SHARON ADAMS

Female pilots had broken endurance, altitude and speed records before the Second World War, but their hopes of wartime flying careers were stopped in Canada by a thick glass ceiling. Only a handful of very determined Canadian female pilots managed a wartime flying career. And they had to leave the country to do it. Discover some of the amazing Canadian women who fought their way into the skies.

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200 Greatest Canadians
Military Milestones
Daughters of the King now mothers of Canada

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How Aircraftman Karl Gravell earned the George Cross

STORY BY SHARON ADAMS

Karl Gravell was a Canadian for only four short years before he gave his life for his new country.

Born in Sweden in 1922, his family emigrated to Canada in 1937, becoming naturalized citizens in September.

Gravell’s interest in aviation and led him to join the Royal Canadian Air Force after he graduated high school. He signed up in March 1941, and in May, while waiting to train as a wireless air gunner, he was posted to No. 12 Service Flying Training School in Brandon, Man.

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Veterans Day at the Presidio Chapel

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Note this event in San Francisco on Friday, which may be of interest to members.

Interfaith Center at the Presidio

Unleashing the Power of

Interreligious Cooperation

VETERANS DAY INTERFAITH SERVICE

Fighting ceased and World War I ended at 11 a.m., November 11, 1918 — the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. That day and time have since been observed as Armistice Day, and today as Veterans Day, honoring all who have served in our Country’s Armed Forces.

Please join us

on Friday, November 11, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.

Presidio Chapel

130 Fisher Loop, San Francisco

Keynote Address by Mr. Michael Bleeker

Executive Director, Swords to Plowshares

 MASKS ARE REQUIRED INDOORS

 Please RSVP to: presidiointerfaith@gmail.com

Interfaith Center at the Presidio

Presidio Chapel

130 Fisher Loop, P.O. Box 29055, San Francisco, CA 94129

415-561-3930 (office); 415-515-5681 (cell)

www.interfaithpresidio.org * Email: presidiointerfaith@gmail.com

Share your Bells of Peace story

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An item that may be of interest to our members.

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Doughboy Foundation and Bells of Peace combined logos

Help us share YOUR story

with

#BellsOfPeace
Bells of peace countdown 3-days to go

Friday is coming up quickly. According to the counter on my Bells of Peace Participation App – As I write this, we are only 3 days and 1 hour from tolling the bells here.

Help us share the story of YOUR Bells of Peace participation by posting your event, veteran’s picture, bells, group, congregation, post, chapter and/or video of your tolling on social media using #BellsOfPeace.

This will bring your story to our aggregator so we can include images or videos of your Bells of Peace commemoration on our Participation Wall and under the Camera Icon in the app. We monitor Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.

See the Participation Wall

We have wonderful organizations and individuals on record since 2018 (keep clicking the Load More button at the bottom of the page).

Please include your commemoration in 2022 when you tolled the bells for those who served and serve for our democracy and freedom and tag it with #BellsOfPeace.

Thank you.

Contact:
BellsOfPeace@doughboy.org

Remembered Light – The McDonald Windows at the Veterans Gallery

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A reminder that this Bay Area event is on-going every Wednesday through Sunday until 20 November.

Interfaith Center at the Presidio

Unleashing the Power of

Interreligious Cooperation

Remembered Light

The McDonald Windows

Remembered Light – Glass Fragments from World War II

The McDonald Windows

A special exhibit featuring works of glass art, incorporating stained glass shards collected by Chaplain Frederick Alexander McDonald during his service in the U.S. Army during World War II.

The exhibit will be at the

Veterans Building, Veterans Gallery (Suite 102)

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

August 28 – November 20, 2022

Wednesday through Sunday 1 – 6pm.

Admission is free

To learn more about the exhibit and The McDonald Windows please visit:https://www.interfaithpresidio.org/mcdonald-windows.html

Please visit the new website dedicated to Chaplain McDonald and the story of the stained-glass shards he collected during World War II

http://www.rememberedlight.org/

If you have any questions please contact mailto:presidiointerfaith@gmail.com

 

P.O. Box 29055, San Francisco, CA 94129

(415) 561-3930 (office) * (415) 515-5681 (cell)

www.interfaithpresidio.org * mailto:presidiointerfaith@gmail.com

Another Day To Wear Orange

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While this item is from a Canadian vendor, it is also important – and often times overlooked – information during this period of remembrance for the Royal Canadian Legion.
November 8th is Indigenous Veteran’s day
Dear Michael,
We would like to remind everyone that even after Orange Shirt Day that there are still important dates to wear orange for. This is a continued cause and needs awareness year round so wear your orange, pink, red and purple to continue the dialog.
Orange Shirt Day also known as National Truth and Reconciliation Day and is on September 30th. However there are many more important days to remember one such as Indigenous Peoples Day June 21st, International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on August 9th, National Indigenous History Month is June. Indigenous Veterans Day (National) is November 8, Inuit Day (International) is November 7th, National Indigenous Peoples Day (United States) is on the second Monday in October, International Mother Language Day is February 21 among many more days of importance not indicated here.
We are happy to be able to make such amazing donations to these organizations thanks to your continued support. We raised $87,812.53 for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and another $16,955.98 for the Orange Shirt Society as well as $2,460.70 to the Copper Legacy Indigenous Empowerment Society this year alone. We would like to thank you for the out pour of support we received this year! We hope to see your continued support throughout the year with our other campaigns and their important work.
Orange Shirt Day Bear Paw Design
We are continuing to sell our Orange Shirt campaign items year round. We thank Chantelle again for her beautiful artwork!
We have been working with Chantelle since 2021 and loved every design she has created for us. Chantelle is a local Indigenous freelance artist that works out of her studio on a large variety of different projects in the Fraser Valley Community.
If your looking for promotional products for your school or company look no further! We can help you use up those year end budgets and give back.
If you are looking to add your Logo to the sleeve of our Bear Paw t-shirt or have any product inquiries please email us at customer service.
National Center for Truth and Reconciliation
The NCTR is a place of learning and dialogue where the truths of the residential school experience will be honoured and kept safe for future generations.
The NCTR was created as part of the mandate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). The TRC was charged to listen to Survivors, their families, communities and others affected by the residential school system and educate Canadians about their experiences. The resulting collection of statements, documents and other materials now forms the sacred heart of the NCTR.
If you think someone maybe interested in participating in our Indigenous Pink Shirt Campaign, Orange Shirt Campaign, MMIWG2S Campaign, and Pride Campaign please forward this email to them.
If you were forwarded this email and would like to be kept up-to-date with our Indigenous Pink Shirt Day, Orange Shirt, MMIWG2S, and Pride information, please Join Our Mailing List.
Also feel free to check to email Customerservice@leadingedgepromo.ca about any branding and promotional products for you business.
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