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February 15th National Flag Day A promise, a request, a historic opportunity During the 1963 federal election, Lester B. Pearson campaigned on a promise to deliver a new national flag for Canada. Following his election as Prime Minister, during an address to Parliament on 15 June 1964 that initiated the flag discussion, he stated that an exclusively Canadian flag “…will bring us closer together, give us a greater feeling of national identity and unity.” He emphasized…
Guest Speaker – Jean-Loup Gassend “Identification of a missing Second World War soldier” 19 year old Enno Strobel was reported missing in action in Southern France after an encounter with US troops in September 1944, and never heard of again… Untill 80 years later it was noted that there was a person named Eno Strubel buried in the German cemetery for south-eastern France. An investigation determined that Enno Strobel had probably been captured severely wounded…
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