This online event later today from a California-based Canadian organization may be of interest to members.
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This online event later today from a California-based Canadian organization may be of interest to members.
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ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Day is officially observed by the people of Australia and New Zealand in remembering the first time the two young nations fought together in a major overseas war. This historic event took place in Gallipoli on the Turkish Peninsular on April 25 in 1915 and is commemorated by expatriates, as well as their countrymen at home, acknowledging the sacrifice made by so many then and in subsequent international conflicts. While they wouldn’t join Canada for another 35 years, the Royal Newfoundland Regiment landed in Gallipoli in September 1915 and would fight alongside their ANZAC comrades until the Allied withdrawal in January 1916.
As such, each year Branch 25 of the Royal Canadian Legion joins the Australian American Chamber of Commerce San Francisco (SF Aussies) and the New Zealand American Association of San Francisco (SF Kiwis) to commemorate ANZAC Day.
To register, please visit https://sfaussies.com/event-6124179.
A newsletter from a fellow Canadian organization in the Bay Area.
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An item from the Legion Magazine.
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We received this notice from the Juno Beach Centre earlier this week. It seems that the folks at the Centre looked up the home addresses of all of the Canadians who died between July 1944 and May 1945 and, if the home still existed, they sent a postcard that address telling the current resident about the soldier who once lived there and died fighting for their freedom. It seems in the end there were roughly 2000 that ended up being sent out. Read more about it below, including an example of one of the postcards and an interactive map showing where all ~2000 postcards were sent.
We thought that members might find these stories interesting…
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