Archive for May 28th, 2009

On the chilly weekend of Feb. 21-22, a considerably smaller group of Legionnaires came together to meet as the restructured Dominion Executive Council at Legion House in Ottawa. This was the second DEC meeting since the governance restructuring that occurred at the last dominion convention. And while certainly some disagreements remain on the governance issue, never did the conversation become strained or rancorous. It seemed to be a meeting of largely like-minded people. On Saturday morning, Honorary Grand President Charles Belzile opened the meeting with a short speech welcoming everyone to Ottawa. Belzile began by calling for “unity” and by making it [...]

Canadians travelling to France to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings and Normandy Campaign will find many events and locations dedicated to the contributions made by Canadians during the summer of 1944. Details for some of the planned events were still being worked out by press time in March, but a major ceremony, including the unveiling of a monument in honour of the Royal Canadian Navy, is scheduled for 10 a.m. June 6 at the Juno Beach Centre in Courseulles-sur-Mer, France. The ceremony will also help launch a temporary exhibit titled We Were There which will tell the personal stories [...]