Remembrance Day weekend
2017
Lest we forget
Canadian Embassy ceremony: Friday, Nov. 10/17
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| Sybren, The Netherlands |
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| Jan, Sweden |
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| Struan, Scotland (UK) award for "most unique uniform" |
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| Rufca wanted a picture with Struan too! |
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| Some of us military spouses |
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| No pictures of Craig at the actual ceremony because he was helping the tech people. 😕 |
Saturday, November 11th
Craig attended the ceremony of France at a graveside service followed by a reception at the French Ambassador's Residence. Unfortunately, no pictures were taken.
Here's a picture from the internet of the residence.
Igumnov House Moscow - Residence to the French Ambassador of Russia
built in 1883-1893
Sunday, November 12th - British Services
Many Canadians and other nationalities were invited to attend the UK Remembrance Day services at St. Andrew's Church followed by a reception at the UK Ambassador's residence.
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| Some of us Canadians in St. Andrew's Church |
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| Gillian & I posing with our Queen's portrait |
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| Trying to sit "proper" - Gillian's very good at it! |
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| Chris, myself, Gillian & Craig |
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| Posing with the newly appointed US Ambassador to Russia - Mr. Jon Huntsman with the Kremlin in the background (taken from balcony of UK Ambassador's residence) |
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| (from CTVnews.ca) "U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman, left, walks after presenting credentials to Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, during a ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. (AP / Pavel Golovkin)" |
It was a busy, but lovely working Remembrance Day weekend
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