Tag: World War II
Daughter of Canada’s last POW Nagasaki bomb survivor to speak at Stittsville United Church
Roslyn Franken, daughter of two unlikely survivors of World War II, will be giving an inspirational Remembrance Day presentation about her parents’ life story as told in her book, Meant…
Small group gathered to commemorate 75th Anniversary of D-Day at Stittsville Cenotaph
(left-right: Valerie Wright, Carolyn Clark (in rear) Judith Richardson, Edna Marlow, Heather Walt, Captain (Ret’d) Gordon Walt. Photo: Bob Halberstadt) A group of ‘Goulbourn’ citizens got together at the Stittsville Cenotaph to honour…
75th Anniversary of Juno Beach – memories brought to life by grandson of Lt.-Col. (Ret’d) Earl A. Olmsted
(General R.F.L. Keller middle of photo with his officials on D-Day, June 6, 1944, Normandy, France. All photos provided by Geoff Osborne) Geoff Osborne has been extensively researching his Grandfather’s…