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The Memory Project
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td> <p align="justify" class="font2">Created in 2001, The Memory Project is the Dominion Institute’s flagship educational programme, designed to connect veterans and students on line and in classrooms across the country. The Memory Project Speakers’ Bureau includes 1,500 veteran volunteers from across Canada visiting classrooms and community groups to share their stories with youth. The veterans in The Memory Project represent a wide range of conflicts, including World War I, World War II, Korean War, Peacekeeping Operations and Canadian Forces experiences.</P> <p align="justify" class="font2">The Memory Project Digital Archive, an on line database that houses the oral histories and artifacts of more than 350 Canadian veterans, complements the Speakers’ Bureau. Visit the Digital Archive. <a href="http://www.thememoryproject.com/digital-archive/" target="_new">click here</a> To date, these veterans have reached more than 300,000 young people.</P> </td> <td width="10"> </td> </tr> </table>
The Dominion Institute announces
Veteran Appreciation Days!
Events to be held at ten Ontario communities throughout summer 2008.
To commemorate the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War, please view this story of the Special Canine Unit at Ypres. Story and images submitted by Memory Project Veteran Mr. Rolf Piro. Click these links to view
• The Story
• Image of metal cigarette refill case
• Image of Eugen Mayer enlisting in the Army, 1913
• Image of Eugen Mayer at Western Front during WWI
• Image of Eugen Mayer as a Soldier in France, 1914
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