Archive for July, 2007
War Art
Gyrth Russell
Using a thick palette of soft lavender, yellow, cream and blue, Gyrth Russell painted the crumbling buildings and landscapes of the Canadian sector of the Western Front. In spite of the devastation, these sun-drenched canvasses have a sleepy Mediterranean [...]
July 1, 2007, by Jennifer Morse
Health & Lifestyle
Searching Out Longevity
“I don’t have a secret. I’m just lucky.” World War II veteran Thyra Read offers a quick response when asked how she manages to stay so young. The former nursing sister may be just 11 years shy of her 100th birthday, but she certainly doesn’t [...]
July 1, 2007, by Natalie Salat
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
Dad’s Dieppe
Allan Waddy salutes his dad’s service at Dieppe. My father, Gunner Robert Vincent Waddy, died three years ago–on July 1, 2004. He was 83, and had survived the horrific Dieppe raid of Aug. 19, 1942. I remember hearing him talk about the failed raid [...]
July 1, 2007, by Allen W. Waddy
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
Young Words, Young Voices
In April, Legion Magazine travelled with a group of high school students to Vimy Ridge for the 90th anniversary of the historic battle, and the rededication of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial. The students, mostly from Port Perry, Ont., [...]
July 1, 2007, by Dan Black
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
Their Soldiers
Cold silent names inscribed on sunlit stone, facing outwardly across a ridge through time–towards a congregation of youthful promise. It was the perfect meeting of past and present: the ghosts and distant memories of a historic battle cast with [...]
July 1, 2007, by Dan Black
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
Anniversary On The Ridge
“In any national story there are moments and places, sometimes far from home, which in retrospect can be seen as fixed points about which the course of history turns—moments which distinguish that nation forever. Those who seek the [...]
July 1, 2007, by Natalie Salat
