2014 Sabretache

Detail from Battle of Belly River
Detail from the painting, The Battle of Belly River, by C.M. Russell.

 

• January : The Memorial Bar: Commemorating the sacrifice of Canada's military personnel

• February : The Battle of Belly River: Cree vs. Blackfoot near present-day Lethbridge AB, 25 Oct. 1870

• March : Heinz Stahlschmidt, the German sailor who refused to blow up Bordeaux

• April : Tannenberg Memorial: A monument to German pride

• May : Liberty Ships: ugly ducklings that helped win WWII

• June : The B-17 bomber that became a gas station

• July : "The White Mouse": Nancy Wake, legendary SOE agent in the French Resistance

• August : The Great Western Railroad Memorial at London’s Paddington Station

• September : Canada's Royal 22nd Regiment reprise Buckngham Palace guard duty

• October : Re-strike Canadian cap badges

• November : The Ship's Surgeon vs. Napoleon; Menin Gate Lions come to Canada

• December :  The Naval General Service Medal and Copenhagen 1801 Bar

 

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