“AMICITIA FRANCE-CANADA” is the Latin expression for “fraternal friendship France–Canada” and is also the name chosen for the monument being planned in Ottawa to recognize the more than four centuries…
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Ottawa is home to many sites where you can honour Canada’s armed forces year round, not just on Remembrance Day (November 11). When visiting Canada’s capital, pause to reflect at…
LT ALEXIS H. HELMER was born in Hull, Quebec on June 29, 1892, Alexis Hannum Helmer was the son of Elizabeth and Brigadier General R. A. Helmer. He was educated…
Memorialization provides a place for family and friends to come together to celebrate the spirit of a life once lived. In fact, more and more people are planning and buying…
Barrack Hill Cemetery was located at the heart of the old city, being the final resting place of many early Bytown pioneers and their families. Lower Bytown from Barrack Hill…
The 26th Annual Historical Walking Tour -Doctors and Nurses, occurred Sunday, October 4th. Up until the day before, the event had been planning to be in person however, due to…
Are you interested in researching your ancestors’ military service? In this year of the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Holland (May 4) and Victory in Europe (May 8), watch…
Beechwood, established in 1873, is recognized as one of the most beautiful and historic cemeteries in Canada. It is the final resting place for over 85,000 Canadians from all walks…
Overlooking the Beechwood National Memorial Centre sits the Beechwood Mausoleum. The first stones, quarried from Beechwood’s very ground were laid in the late 1920’s and the building was finally completed…