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Veterans want Canadians to understand the price of freedom. They are passing the torch to the people of Canada, so the memory of their sacrifices will continue, and the values they fought for will live on in all of us.
May 28, 2013 · At the center of Richfield's Honoring All Veterans Memorial is a giant bronze bust of World War II Marine and Iwo Jima flag-raiser Chuck Lindberg, who lived in the city for more than 50...
Nov 23, 2015 · Here are 30 Canadian heroes from our military past. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, The Canadian Encyclopedia created 30 lists of 30 things that have helped define our identity, from famous people and histo...
The people listed below are, or were, the last surviving members of notable groups of World War II veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II between 1939 and 1945.
- Planning For The Return
- Demobilization
- Veterans Charter
- Settling in and Coping with Wounds
- Not All Equal
- Influence
In 1945, Canada limped from the war battered and bloodied but with a new sense of pride and destiny. Six years earlier, the country had been gripped by the lingering effects of the Great Depression and was unsure of its place on the world stage. It emerged more confident in its ability to contribute to the postwar community of nations. Much of Euro...
The citizen-warriors who had served overseas were slowly brought back to Canada throughout 1945 and into early 1946. Before being shipped home, tens of thousands had spent months in the Netherlandsamong the Dutch civilians whom they had liberated. The Canadians, fit, healthy and wealthy, had made friends throughout the country. The concept of a goo...
The King government enacted legislation to benefit returned service personnel under what was known as the Veterans Charter. The grateful nation was trying to repay its debt to veterans, and the Veterans Charter, a compendium of Acts, was among the most important and forward-thinking series of legislation ever passed in Canadian history. Much like t...
Veterans arrived back in Canada seeking to reconnect with loved ones and get on with their lives. Some returned to their old jobs, many of which were held open for them. They fit back in, more experienced and wiser, and many soon found prosperity. Others had a more difficult period of adjustment. Years had passed, and it was tough for a battle-hard...
Not all veterans were treated fairly. The 4,300 First Nations Canadians who served during the war had been seen as equals by their comrades-in-arms overseas. But when these veterans came back to the nation they had defended with their lives, they returned to being wards of the state without even the right to vote. Racism plagued them at every step ...
The million Second World War veterans had political clout in the postwar years, but they were never a single voting bloc. In the late 1960s, the Legion had about 300,000 members, including First and Second World War and Korean War veterans. Some Second World War veterans served as Members of Parliament and Cabinet ministers in Liberal and Conservat...
From fighting on the battlefields to supporting the war effort on the home front, Canada stood strong alongside our allies to help defend peace and freedom. This Veterans’ Week, we honour the countless ordinary Canadians who stepped forward to do their part during the Second World War and did extraordinary things.
WW2 and Korean War era veterans of the town of Richfield NY.
