The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will make an important announcement that will positively impact Veterans organizations.
The Government of Canada is replacing the overgrown and intertwined trees that frame the Brooding Soldier monument at the St. Julien Canadian Memorial (Langemark-Poelkapelle).
The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will announce funding—through the Grave Marker Maintenance program—to cover the restoration costs in cemeteries on Prince Edward Island.
To mark the 75th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day and the end of the Second World War, the Government of Canada will hold a wreath-laying ceremony at the National War Memorial.
The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will deliver remarks and lay a wreath at a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of V-J Day and the end of the Second World War.
On 8 May 2020, the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence will participate in a virtual ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands and V-E Day, that will be broadcast through the Canada Remembers Facebook page.
The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will announce funding—through the Grave Marker Maintenance program—to cover the restoration costs in the Field of Honour at Vancouver’s Mountain View Cemetery.
Darrell Samson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will present the poster commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands and V-E Day, alongside Veterans of the Second World War on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay.
The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence and Henk Snoeken, Consul General for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, will unveil the poster commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands and V E Day, alongside Veterans of the Second World War.
The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, to highlight updates and expansion at Veterans Cemetery in Esquimalt—one of only two cemeteries owned and operated by Veterans Affairs Canada.