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 |  | National Defence site for Veterans' Week 2009 - This site has the official events for Veterans' Week 2009, Nov. 5-11, 2009.  http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/focus/nov11/index-eng.asp |
| | Canadian Air Aces & Heroes - A private site developed by Miles Constable, that includes comprehensive, illustrated biographies on a number of Canada's airmen. http://www.constable.ca/caah/openingpage.html |
| | The Books of Remembrance - "The Books of Remembrance contain the names of Canadians who fought in wars and died either during or after them. All the books are kept in the Memorial Chamber located in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill." (site) http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/ic/can_digital_collections/books/remember.htm |
| | Friends of Veterans Canada - The goal of this Canadian organization is to build a video library of war veteran's stories. The photo gallery is particularly interesting, with photos of veterans and Legion halls across the country. http://www.fovcanada.ca/index.html# |
| | Canadian War Museum in Ottawa - Afghanistan Gallery - This War Museum link to the Afghanistan gallery has several sections that describe events in Afghanistan, accompanied by photos by journalists. http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/afghanistan/afghanistan-e.shtml |
| | Last Post - "Every evening since 1928, at precisely eight o'clock, the Last Post - the traditional salute to the fallen warrior - has been played under the Menin Gate Memorial in Ieper, Belgium. This daily tribute - performed by a team of local buglers - serves to honour the memory of the soldiers of the British... |
| | The Canadian War Museum (CWM) - The Canadian War Museum is Canada's national museum of military history, and offers a wide range of meaningful learning opportunities for students from kindergarten through senior high school. Programs are designed to help students discover how war has affected them and their country. http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/index_e.aspx?CategoryID=654 |
| | Royal Canadian Legion - Poppy and Remembrance - Learn all about the significance of the poppy as the flower of remembrance and the poppy campaign in Canada. http://www.legion.ca/Poppy/campaign_e.cfm |
| | The Canadian Letters & Images Project - The objective of this project is to let Canadians tell their own story in their own words by creating a permanent online archive. The virtual "holdings" of this archive include hundreds of letters, diaries, and miscellaneous wartime documents. http://www.canadianletters.ca/ |
| | The Canadian Military Heritage Project - "This site is dedicated to presenting Canadian military history ~ the wars, uprisings and conflicts in which Canadians participated." Includes genealogy records, timelines, statistics, uniforms, weaponry, biographies of soldiers, contributions of women, and much more. http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmil/?cj=1&o_xid=0001091115&o_lid=0001091115 |
| | Veterans Affairs Canada - Canadian Virtual War Memorial - This page links to a registry of graves and memorials for more than 116,000 Canadians. Type in your family name and you may learn about relatives who died in the wars. |
| | We Will Remember - War Monuments in Canada - Learn about hundreds of war monuments and memorials across Canada. The site includes a brief history of each monument, photographs, and often a list of the names that appear on the monument. http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/monuments/ |
| | The Commonwealth War Graves Commission - The Commission's duties are to mark and maintain the graves of the members of the forces of the Commonwealth who were killed in the two World Wars, to build memorials to those who have no known grave, and to keep registers, including, after the Second World War, a record of the Civilian War Dead. |
