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I had the pleasure of attending the first International Military Womenโs Health Workshop, an opportunity to foster collaboration & optimize #WomensHealth for women and gender diverse #military members. What I saw today sends a powerful message of change and unity of purpose.
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You think we forgot about Canada?! No, not like thatโฆ we forgot about CANADA?!
Our primary league ally!
The flesh and blood of our future Victory! Canada, we love you! 
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There will be light.
For we are the Warriors of Light!
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Deeply honoured to share this day of reflection and remembrance with the women and men in uniform, their families, and the veterans who are here today. We remember and honour the sacrifices of all those who have answered the call to serve, past and present. #CanadaRemembers
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On this Remembrance Day and always, I honour Austin John Hadfield, who fought for his adopted country of Canada in 2 World Wars, and lost his brother at Passchendaele. That's my grandma on his knee.
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42nd Canadian Infantry Battalion resting in the Grand Place, Mons, on the morning of November 11, 1918. LAC MIKAN: 3522377. #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #CanadaRemembers #WeWillRememberThem
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โIf weโre not around to tell them, how are they going to know? Whoโs going to tell them?โ
We will. We will tell them about you.
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Today is our first #RemembranceDay without our dear pappy. Able Seaman Alex Polowin. We remember him and honour his legacy, which he proudly shared with thousands of adults & students throughout his life. #CanadaRemembers
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April 17, 2002.
Our dear brothers.
Sergeant Marc Lรฉger, 29, from Lancaster, Ontario.
Corporal Ainsworth Dyer, 24, from Montreal, Quรฉbec.
Private Richard Green, 21, from Mill Cove, Nova Scotia.
Private Nathan Smith, 27, from Porters Lake, Nova Scotia.
We still think of you.
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Ainsworth Dyer gained a reputation as a responsible and mature soldier with the @CanadianForces.
At age 24, while serving in Afghanistan, Dyer was killed in a friendly fire incident.
We remember him.
#CanadaRemembers
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Private George Price was just doing his job. How could he have known they had reached the end?
He would never know. He took a sniper's bullet and died at 10:58 a.m. Two minutes before the end.
Remember Private Price.
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#OTD in 1918, Private George Lawrence Price, of the 28th Battalion CEF, was killed by a sniper near Mons, Belgium a few minutes before the 11am armistice. He was 25 years old when he was killed. Price is buried in the St Symphorien Military Cemetery. #WeWillRememberThem
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On Remembrance Day I take a moment to remember all who lost their lives in the service of Canada. This year I make special mention of my late colleague Capt Charles Pitkin, CD who we lost to PTSD this year. This sketch of Chuck in Afghanistan is by Gertrude Kearns
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The Few. The Proud.
Happy Birthday, Marines!
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Happy Birthday, Marines!
For 247 years, Marines have fought in any clime and place to defend our nation. Today, we reflect on the legacy of our Corps, and rededicate ourselves to fighting and winning the battles that lie ahead. #SemperFi
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For the selfless and for the brave.
For the lives they gave.
We will remember them.
#LestWeForget
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"I tell you, Arthur, your wildest nightmares pale before reality."
Captain Fred Varley, 1919.
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Today in the COC, we are making poppies. Thank you and . We are practicing our new language as we look closely at In Flanders Field.
#PoppyProject.
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The Rangers are always ready for service โ wherever and whenever the call comes! As they mark their 75th anniversary this year, it was an honour to receive the tomahawk and to learn more about the invaluable work they do in communities across Canada. #CR75
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Over the next few weeks my account will feature images from various locations across Europe. These places are where young Canadians travelled to, did not make it home. From the area known as Flanders poppies reach to the sun .. #royalcanadianlegion #canada #belgium
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He could light up any room. As a gunner in the Royal Navy during WWII, he battled German U-boats that stalked Allied convoys. He saw D-Day and the liberation of Hong Kong.
โIt seems like it was something I had to doโ
Bill Saunders died last week.
Please remember him.
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Master Corporal Byron Greff of Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Our last brother to die in Afghanistan. 28 years old.
We still see you.
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We are pleased to announce this yearโs National Silver Cross Mother, Candy Greff of Lacombe, Alberta. Mrs. Greff will have the honour of placing a wreath at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Remembrance Day.
Read more: legion.ca/news/articles/
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War artist, Lieutenant Molly Lamb, sketching at Volendam, Netherlands, September 1945.
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"I love the army and I'll keep on putting down what I see until the war is over."
- Molly Lamb Bobak, the first female Canadian artist sent overseas to document the Second World War. She enlisted in the Canadian Women's Army Corps in 1942 after graduating from art school.
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USS Gerald R. Ford #Warship78 has arrived in #Halifax ๐จ๐ฆ with #NATO Allies from ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฑ&๐ช๐ธ. This is the first port visit for the newest and #FirstinClass aircraft carrier outside of the United States.
#WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether
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This port visit marks the first aircraft carrier to visit Halifax in five years, and signifies a deeper connection between @Warship_78 and Halifax, as Norfolkโs sister city.
@US2ndFleet | @RoyalCanNavy | @CAFinUS
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Dear friends,
You might notice your ๐จ๐ฆ neighbors wearing red poppies this time of year. If you see us, ask us why.
Weโll tell you who we remember. Weโll tell you their stories.
Always yours,
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#CanadaRemembers #Indigenous soldier Thomas George Prince, 1 of only 3 Canadians to receive both the Silver Star and Military Medal, born #OTD in 1915.
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The Hawk, The Kid, and The Rock.
*whispers lets go Expos*
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For 70 years, he was only known as X-1091 Tanggok, named for the region where his remains were found during the Korean war. Unknown for 70 years.
Private First Class Edward Reiter came home this weekend.
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Seven decades after he left his family in Northampton, Pa., and went to war in Korea, Edward Reiter was laid to rest in a grave that long has borne his name.
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This yearโs theme for #WomensHistoryMonth is: ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ. As the first woman to hold ๐จ๐ฆโs top diplomatic post in ๐บ๐ธ, Amb is inspiring the next generation of #WomeninDiplomacy. Her interview with : bit.ly/3EUdPel #WHM2022
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You've carried the good name of your people, Sergeant Tommy Prince of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation.
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They took him from his family. At Elkhorn Residential School, Canada tried to take everything from him.
But Tommy Prince, the great-great-grandson of Chief Peguis, survived.
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In Ojibwe our word for soldier is zhimaaganish (pronounced zhi-maa-ga-nish).
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Our latest commemorative stamp honours the life and service of Sgt. Tommy Prince, MM (1915-1977), one of Canadaโs most decorated Indigenous war veterans. Learn more about his story: ow.ly/Gv6j50LaZp9
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