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What is R.E.D. Friday?
R.E.D. is an acronym that stands for Remember Everyone Deployed . What began as an email initiative throughout the Unite...
What is "In Flanders Fields"?
" In Flanders Fields " is considered perhaps the world's most famous war memorial poem composed by Lieutenant-Colonel Jo...
What is connection between Canada’s capital, tulips, and the Liberation of the Netherlands?
Since 1953, Canada's most colourful festival celebrates the tulip, Ottawa's official flower and an international symbol...
How is it that there were more civilian deaths than military during the Second World War?
If devastation during the Second World War does not spare Asia, in the cities which were subjected to the intensive bomb...
How did Confederate General Thomas Jonathan Jackson acquire the nickname 'Stonewall'?
Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan Jackson (21 January 1824 - 10 May 1863) is considered the best-known Confederate comm...
Who was the first female Canadian soldier to be killed in combat?
This solemn day is set aside to pay tribute to Captain Nichola K.S. Goddard , M.S.M. (2 May 1980 – 17 May 2006) who rest...
Why do Canadians observe Victoria Day?
Canadians observe Victoria Day on May 24th or on the preceding Monday. This holiday is named after Queen Victoria (24 Ma...
Who is considered one of Canada's most prominent surgeon, physical educator, and sculptor during the 20th century?
Robert Tait McKenzie (26 May 1867 - 28 April 1938) – renowned athlete, physician, surgeon, soldier, physical educator, a...
When was the Canadian Unknown Soldier entombed at the National War Memorial, Ottawa?
While the idea to create a tomb of the Unknown for Canada dates back to the First World War, concrete action did not tak...
Who was Canada's Artillery Commander in the Great War?
It took exactly one hundred years for Major-General Sir Edward Morrison , K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O. (6 July 1865 - 28...
Which of Napoléon Bonaparte's generals did he nicknamed the "Achilles" of the Grande Armée?
Jean Lannes was born on 10 April 1769 – the same year as one of the most influential leaders in the history of the West,...