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The opening of the Juno Beach Centre, June 6th 2003
The Juno Beach Centre was opened
in Normandy on 6 June, 2003. Many veterans and
their families were not able to attend the ceremonies
in France, but there were other options. Ceremonies
to commemorate the opening of the Centre, and to
honour the veterans and that generation of Canadians
were held simultaneously at locations in Canada.
At many of these locations, the live television
broadcast of the opening in Normandy was shown.
Military units of Canada’s present day Armed
Forces paraded at these ceremonies in honour of
the veterans, and in many cases, the militia units
in these parades were from the same area of Canada
as the veterans attending.
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Juno Beach Centre |
Canada in WWII
