REMEMBER CANADA’S GREAT APRIL VICTORIES AT YPRES 1915
Sunday, April 28 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Norm Christie’s History Event
Where: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 314, 5550 Ann St., Manotick, ON.
When: Sunday, April 28, 2024 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Who: Norm Christie & the 77th Overseas Battalion Club
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1:00pm: Michel Gravel will present on the History of the Red Ensign (The Red Duster) with a focus on it’s use in Canada until 1965. The British Red Ensign was first used on English ships as far back as 1620. This simple flag became the most influential flag in the world in the 20th century.
2:00pm: Norm Christie will present on The Great Pilgrimage of 6500 Canadian Pilgrims to France for the unveiling of the Vimy Memorial, July 1936: It was the Bittersweet Swansong of the Great War Generation.
April 27: Norm will be at the Ottawa Military Show, Nepean Sportsplex, Woodroffe Road, Ottawa, ON.