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Please view the above 2 pages for information on the new Valour Plaza to
commemorate the only time 3 Valour Crosses were awarded to 3 people who lived on
the same street.
2006 theme "Share the Story"
main link Special
events include:
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Educational Resources
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50th Anniversary of the First United Nations Peacekeeping
Force
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Share your Thoughts
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The Valiants Memorial
unveiled on Sunday November 5 2006,
Valliant's list
Canadians are not a warlike people.
Yet when the trumpets
sound and the cannons roar, we have, throughout our history, answered the
call. The men and women memorialized here stand as symbols for a nation
shaped by conflict and strengthened through sacrifice.
It is war, as much as
peace, that unites us; for valour knows no bounds.
They belong to us all, these remarkable figures from our past; the Mohawk
war chief who fought to secure a tract of land for his dispossessed people;
the voltigeur who drove back the invaders and saved a city; the Loyalist
housewife who braved the swamps to sound an alarm; the failed real estate
salesman who became our greatest general. In this scattered land, they
provide the glue that holds us together.
From the dark scarps that overlook
the Atlantic to the tattered islands in the Pacific mists, these are the
heroes who have helped give us shape and purpose throughout four centuries.
We have been called a cool people, the product of a frosty environment, and
it is true that we do not indulge in the hot-blooded emotion that
distinguishes those from warmer climes. Overblown celebration is not our
style, but we know, deep in our hearts, that without the hard example
provided by the kind of Canadian remembered here, this country would not
dare call itself a nation.
The Late Pierre Berton
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Veteran's Week from past years for study,
enquiry
and research
2002
2003
2004
2005
Veteran's Affairs Canada has several interesting presentations.
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Veteran's Affairs Canada main page,
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Year of the Veteran - 2005,
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Veterans' Week 2005,
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Aboriginal Spiritual Journey,
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Remembering our Past, Preserving our Future,
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History,
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Features
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Ernest Alvia "Smokey" Smith 1914 - 2005
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Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae biography and
words to In Flanders Fields
Do an inquiry with
the past years to learn how the many important
events of the past are remembered with special occasions.
Canadian Battlefields Foundation has a presentation titled "Route
of Honour" that details the routes and critical battles fought by
Canadian serving in World War II. Over the past ten years, the Canadian
Battlefields Foundation has created a Route of Honour/La Route d’Honneur,
literally a roadmap, of heroic liberation across Europe.
Historica 'Minutes" - Read the summary in this main web page for
Military. Canada
is internationally recognized for its role as a peacekeeping nation. But
Canadian soldiers have seen their share of battle and their heroism is not
forgotten. View these Historica Minutes 'as seen on TV' and read the article.
View and think of the themes in each one presents. How does each one
contribute to your growing understanding of 'heroism' and 'not forgetting'. What
will happen when there are no longer living veterans to be present at
Remembrance Day ceremonies.
War Amps "Year
of the Veteran",
Songs & Poetry,
Operation Legacy,
Do You
Remember The War Grandpa?
Civilization Canada web site -
Military History ,
special links
The Battle of Vimy Ridge
The Canadian War Museum Youth Page
Canadian War Museum Colouring Book
School Programmes at the Canadian War Museum
The Canadian War Museum History Awards
The Canadian War Museum is an affiliate of the Canadian
Museum of Civilization
View and Respond educational activity. Look at these
two resources. Art creates an impression that the artist or photograph presents
as a micro story of one instant in time. Viewing multiple images from different
persons expands our range of understanding. Resource 1: Images of Canada -
Canada at War view 93 images. Black and white
photographs give the viewer a special reflection on the setting and emotions of
people as they present a story captured in a second of life. If is up to the
viewer to complete the story before the image and after the image.
For a project, you may wish to tell the story of the image and what you think
happened just before and after the image was taken.
Resource 2:
Canvas of War
view paintings to take a tour or go to the
list of artists.
How is the saying 'a picture is worth a thousand words' helped your understand
the sacrifice of thousands?
For a project, you may wish to express your new understanding of what is
important to you on Remembrance Day and how one or more paintings helped you in
this.
CBC website -
Lest We Forget
Remembrance Day Photos
Conflict - War - several topics
video and audio clips for enquiry and research
CBC British Columbia - BC's Smokey Smith dies,
Ernest (Smokey) Smith VC,
CBC News- Italian town honours Canadian war hero
Smokey's Victoria Cross - The Italian Campaign - CBC
Archives
Created November 9, 2005, revised
November 10, 2006
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