No Stone Left Alone is Putting Poppies on Veterans’ Headstones Across Canada and Around the World

 Every November 11th, Canadians come together to remember and honour the soldiers who served Canada and those who fell in battle. While it is common for Canadians to visit their local cenotaph or war memorial, the headstones of Canada’s veterans are rarely visited. Since confederation, over 118,000 Canadians have made

Artist Grace Edwards creates glass poppies for the Royal Canadian Legion

 As part of the Royal Canadian Legion's annual Remembrance Day campaign, millions of Canadians buy poppies, our national symbol of remembrance.   The Royal Canadian Legion Poppy store teams up with Canadian artists from across the country who are dedicated to remembering our wounded and fallen warriors. Today, Canadians can purchase

Reflect and give thanks: memorials and sites to visit on Remembrance Day

 The Cartier Square Drill Hall adjacent to City Hall was humming with activity last Saturday morning as army cadets resplendent in their dark green uniforms and polished boots came and went with their boxes of poppies, and a children’s choir practiced their performance for a Remembrance Day service. In a

No Stone Left Alone honours the sacrifice of Canada’s military on Remembrance Day

 ABOVE: Students participating in the NSLA’s Remembrance Day ceremony By Rusel Olson The No Stone Left Alone Memorial Foundation (NSLA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to honouring and remembering Canada’s veterans. Their unique ceremony provides students and youth with an authentic experience that creates knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of those

Remembering Remembrance Day with your children

 Question: Dear Adele, November 11 is fast approaching. We are looking for ideas to commemorate Remembrance Day with our older children and teenagers. Can you help? Grateful Answer: Dear Grateful, Kudos to you for thinking about this extremely important day in Canada and looking for ways to educate your children

Remembering Canadians from all conflicts

 The guns of the First World War fell silent 101 years ago, and Remembrance Day as we know it came into being. Every year since, Canadians have commemorated our war dead and our veterans. Twenty-five years ago one could still see First World War vets, albeit in small numbers. Now

The Great War Sextet: Canadian War Poetry with Trombone & Strings

 An incredible music and poetry evening not to be missed!  A unique and powerful, life-affirming classical concert premieres this Remembrance Day weekend, November 9th and 10th, 7:30pm, in the heart of downtown Ottawa at the gorgeous Arts Court Theatre and across Rideau Hall at MacKay United Church, respectively. In honour of

The Importance of Remembrance Day

 Photo Credit: Creative Commons November 11, 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. For as long as I can remember, every November, I have worn a poppy to show my gratitude and to pay tribute to the soldiers who have died for Canada. For the

Remembrance Day Round Up

 Photo credit: The Royal Canadian Legion via flickr November 11 is a time to reflect and honour the Canadian soldiers who sacrificed so much for their country. We've put together a list of special events and ceremonies happening around our nation's capital both on Remembrance Day and during the days leading

Remembrance Day Across Ottawa

 Photos by Andre Gagne. This Friday, as we do every year, people from across Ottawa and the country will come together to stop and remember. To remember those who have fallen, remember those who served, and remember those who continue to defend our freedom. We have put together a list

GalliIpoli -— Turkey’s Vimy Ridge

 Photos: Suttershock. In April 1915, standing on one of the First World War's deadliest fronts, Lt .Colonel Mustafa Kemal approached a group of soldiers planning to abandon their trenches. The young men of the 57th regiment were in the way of a large approaching force, and they were completely out

Remembrance Day

 Photo by Sofie Sharom. The Fields of Honour By Frank Baile Ranked by no rank, Lie the fallen, Testaments to a courage that, Few foreknew until that time. When something stirred in them, Like a sign, but more, That made each say, There must go I! Not all are here,

Their Valor Will Never Be Forgotten

 In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved

Lest We Forget

 Many years ago, I used to go to the Remembrance Day ceremonies at the War Memorial on Elgin Street, but once Canada became embroiled in international conflicts, the huge crowds of spectators on Confederation Square made it impossible to see, hear or park. Then I discovered Remembrance Day in Russell

In Flanders Fields

 The day before he wrote his famous poem, one of John McCrae's closest friends was killed in the fighting and buried in a makeshift grave with a simple wooden cross. Wild poppies were already beginning to bloom between the crosses marking the many graves. Unable to help his friend or