Information about an up-coming remembrance event in the Bay Area.

Thank you for Sponsoring Wreaths and Volunteering for National Wreaths Across America Day. I am this year’s Location Coordinator for CAPNSF – San Francisco National Cemetery at the Presidio of San Francisco, and I am writing with information about our ceremony scheduled for December 14, 2024 (Wreath Placement Immediately Following Ceremony).

We are excited to announce that we are just 120 days away from our annual program and wreath laying ceremony, which will be held at the San Francisco National Cemetery. The Wreaths Across America San Francisco Team, in partnership with the American Legion Salesian Post 599, is honored to continue this cherished tradition to REMEMBER the fallen, HONOR those who serve, and TEACH our children the value of Freedom.

We invite you to join us for this special event and to volunteer with us. Following the wreath placement, light refreshments will be served for all attendees.

I will keep you updated with more details in the coming weeks as we finalize this year’s program. Thank you once again for your unwavering support. We look forward to seeing you there.

Thank you very much for supporting CAPNSF – San Francisco National Cemetery at the Presidio of San Francisco. Please click More Information for more about our mission to Remember, Honor, and Teach.

Prince Jordan & Hanley Chan
Location Coordinators
CAPNSF – San Francisco National Cemetery at the Presidio of San Francisco

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The Canada Aviation and Space Museum’s First World War aircraft collection is considered among the best in the world. It includes multiple one-of-a-kind and rare period planes. [Stephen J. Thorne/LM]

Rare birds: The Canada Aviation and Space Museum’s WW I collection

STORY BY STEPHEN J. THORNE

Just a decade after the Wright brothers achieved history’s first powered flight, the airplane had become a weapon of war and the focus of an arms race.

Warplanes started out as rudimentary aircraft with open cockpits and limited instrumentation. Pilots, quite literally, flew by the seat of their pants—without parachutes.

The aviation industry was in rapid growth, in constant evolution, improving designs and performance.

Jules Paivio, the last Canadian veteran of the Spanish Civil War, was granted honourary citizenship by Spain in 2012. [TheBeretProject]

My son in Spain: Canada’s last combat veteran of the Spanish Civil War

STORY BY ALEX BOWERS

What began beside a family cabin in Sudbury, Ont., appeared to be ending against the bullet-ridden wall of a faraway Spanish farmhouse.

Jules Paivio, a 20-year-old Finnish Canadian of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion (the Mac-Paps), watched on as his Italian captors, aligned with the enemy’s Nationalist forces, prepared a firing squad. Together with other prisoners, the 15th International Brigade volunteer pondered his fate.

His birthday was at the end of the month—on April 30, 1938—but he couldn’t imagine living to see it. Such was the brutality of the Spanish Civil War.

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A message from Prince Jordan concerning CAPNSF – San Francisco National Cemetery at the Presidio of San Francisco

Rare birds: The Canada Aviation and Space Museum’s WW I collection

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