Samuel Watts
Prejudice and discrimination sometimes made it difficult for Black Canadians to enlist during the early stages of the First World War. Many of […]
Naval Museum of Alberta (Virtual Tour)
The Naval Museum of Alberta Society (NMAS) was founded in 1988 as an organization to support the search for, acquisition of, collection, restoration and […]
Mission: Afghanistan (Virtual Tour)
Mission: Afghanistan chronicles the involvement of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in Afghanistan from 2001-2014 and provides a broader context for the mission […]
James M. Franklin
Article courtesy of Sheldon Maerz. Private (Pte) James Munroe Franklin was born in Whitaker, Mississippi, in the American south, but at some point, […]
Attack on Regina Trench
Article courtesy of Sheldon Maerz. By September of 1916, the Canadian 1st Division had moved to the Somme to prepare for their role […]
Canada’s FWW Internment Exhibit (Virtual Tour)
When the First World War began in 1914, there was widespread suspicion that immigrants from enemy countries – Germany, Austria-Hungary, and later Turkey […]
“If” Day
At 0700 hours the siren cried into the early morning sky of February 19, 1942, and before long the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, […]
The Battle of the St. Lawrence
In March of 1942, Prime Minister William Mackenzie King declared that “Officers of the Canadian naval service have expressed the view that within […]
The War of 1812
The War of 1812 is considered a major event in Canadian military history. While it concluded with a return of the status quo, […]