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ANGUS - The annual Peacekeepers’ Parade on Saturday 9 Aug 2014 in Angus recognized a dark but important chapter in Canada’s peacekeeping history.

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Parade organizer Fern Taillefer, president of Central Ontario Chapter of the Canadian Peacekeeping Association, said Saturday’s parade falls on the 40th anniversary of one of the worst peacekeeping tragedies in the country’s history.

“We expect a very large turnout this year with representation of legions from all around the area,” he wrote in an email, adding the parade will probably one of the biggest to date.

Peacekeepers’ Day on Aug. 9 is in honour of those who sacrificed their lives while serving in peacekeeping roles, as well as for current and former service personnel.

It recognizes members of the Canadian Forces, the RCMP and other civilian personnel who have served in NATO missions or in other capacities.

Peacekeepers’ Park in Angus was created in 2004, the same year Peacekeepers’ Day was officially recognized.

Three years ago, an honour wall with the names of those killed on peacekeeping missions was installed at the park and earlier this year replica UN guard posts were installed at the property.

Two of the names on the wall share a strong connection with the community.

Acting Master Warrant Officer Cyril Korejwo and Cpl. Bruce Stringer, both from Angus, along with seven other Canadians were killed Aug. 9, 1974 after a plane they were aboard flying over Syria was shot down. To date, it’s considered the largest single-day loss of Canadian lives during a peacekeeping mission.

Peacekeepers’ Day was inaugurated on the 30th anniversary of the tragedy.

“Peacekeeping Day is about recognition and commemoration of peacekeepers past, present and yet to come and their families, recognition and thanks to those who help make the peacekeeping duty less arduous, and remembering our fallen comrades who have died in the service of peace,” he said.

The wall of honour includes the names of the 116 Canadian peacekeepers that died while serving with the United Nations and other peacekeeping missions. It also includes the names of the 158 Canadian soldiers who lost their lives in Afghanistan, three Royal Canadian Mounted Police killed in Haiti and a small representation of the Korea Veterans killed in peacekeeping duties.

The short parade will start at 10:30 a.m. at the LCBO plaza and march towards Peacekeepers’ Park at the north end of Mill Street.

The procession will include members from the local peacekeeping association, volunteer firefighters, representatives from the OPP and the RCMP, legion members, soldiers from CFB Borden, cadets and more.

After the parade a ceremony will be held at the park next to the memorial wall, followed by a reception at the Angus Legion on Fraser Street starting around noon.

Returning an old Dodge truck named Christine to safe storage.

ANGUS - The annual Peacekeepers’ Parade on Saturday 9 Aug 2014 in Angus recognized a dark but important chapter in Canada’s peacekeeping history.

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Replica peacekeeper towers built at...

Parade organizer Fern Taillefer, president of Central Ontario Chapter of the Canadian Peacekeeping Association, said Saturday’s parade falls on the 40th anniversary of one of the worst peacekeeping tragedies in the country’s history.

“We expect a very large turnout this year with representation of legions from all around the area,” he wrote in an email, adding the parade will probably one of the biggest to date.

Peacekeepers’ Day on Aug. 9 is in honour of those who sacrificed their lives while serving in peacekeeping roles, as well as for current and former service personnel.

It recognizes members of the Canadian Forces, the RCMP and other civilian personnel who have served in NATO missions or in other capacities.

Peacekeepers’ Park in Angus was created in 2004, the same year Peacekeepers’ Day was officially recognized.

Three years ago, an honour wall with the names of those killed on peacekeeping missions was installed at the park and earlier this year replica UN guard posts were installed at the property.

Two of the names on the wall share a strong connection with the community.

Acting Master Warrant Officer Cyril Korejwo and Cpl. Bruce Stringer, both from Angus, along with seven other Canadians were killed Aug. 9, 1974 after a plane they were aboard flying over Syria was shot down. To date, it’s considered the largest single-day loss of Canadian lives during a peacekeeping mission.

Peacekeepers’ Day was inaugurated on the 30th anniversary of the tragedy.

“Peacekeeping Day is about recognition and commemoration of peacekeepers past, present and yet to come and their families, recognition and thanks to those who help make the peacekeeping duty less arduous, and remembering our fallen comrades who have died in the service of peace,” he said.

The wall of honour includes the names of the 116 Canadian peacekeepers that died while serving with the United Nations and other peacekeeping missions. It also includes the names of the 158 Canadian soldiers who lost their lives in Afghanistan, three Royal Canadian Mounted Police killed in Haiti and a small representation of the Korea Veterans killed in peacekeeping duties.

The short parade will start at 10:30 a.m. at the LCBO plaza and march towards Peacekeepers’ Park at the north end of Mill Street.

The procession will include members from the local peacekeeping association, volunteer firefighters, representatives from the OPP and the RCMP, legion members, soldiers from CFB Borden, cadets and more.

After the parade a ceremony will be held at the park next to the memorial wall, followed by a reception at the Angus Legion on Fraser Street starting around noon.

The parish church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste is a Romanesque church built in the eleventh and twelfth centuries was classified as a historical monument March 1955

It is a rural parish church of the eleventh century. It has only one nave, a semicircular apse and a bell tower. Despite its rather austere appearance, it deserves to be seen. Outside, the facade, gutter walls of the nave and the apse offer interesting corbels. Inside, the church is rich capitals of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The nave has murals of the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It is mentioned in documents in 1140 when Count of Angoulême Taillefer Vulgrin II strengthens the place to deal with abuse of Aymar de La Rochefoucauld.