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      <title><![CDATA[JUNE 28 1914]]></title>
      
      <link><![CDATA[http://historywire.ca/en/post/21310]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today, in my blog, posted a small reflection on June 28.
The date always resonates with me, especially since I participated in a Battlefield Study Tour for secondary school teachers in 2006. I blogged about that trip and included a few photos,&nbsp;...]]></description>
      
      <dc:creator>Patricia A. McGoldrick</dc:creator>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[D-DAY--FREEDOM!]]></title>
      
      <link><![CDATA[http://historywire.ca/en/post/21244]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[June 6 2010--another year has passed since the WWII undertaking of D-Day.
Each year, I think about the cost of the military mission and the long-term gift of freedom it has earned for us.
Each year, I am thankful for this freedom, treasure it and&nbsp;...]]></description>
      
      <dc:creator>Patricia A. McGoldrick</dc:creator>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[WWII Journal of William Henry Smith, Pvte. North Nova Scotia Highlanders]]></title>
      
      <link><![CDATA[http://historywire.ca/en/post/21221]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[These entries take you to the end of the journal.  Additional pictures and other memorabilia from the journal can be found at  &#104;ttp://michaelwwii.wordpress.com/.   I hope that you have found Willy's journal as touching and enlightening as I&nbsp;...]]></description>
      
      <dc:creator>Michaelwwii</dc:creator>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[WWII Journal of William Henry Smith, Pvte. North Nova Scotia Highlanders]]></title>
      
      <link><![CDATA[http://historywire.ca/en/post/21220]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[July 29th, 1941   
Finally!  After eight days we’ve arrived safely in the Bristol Channel!  Absolutely no threats from the Germans on our way over!  We’ll be docking soon enough at a place called Avonmouth.  My first time on European soil!  July&nbsp;...]]></description>
      
      <dc:creator>Michaelwwii</dc:creator>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[EARTH DAY CANADA #20!]]></title>
      
      <link><![CDATA[http://historywire.ca/en/post/21162]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Earth Day! Yes, it is celebrated throughout many countries in the world. Awareness has been expanding along with increased understanding of the need to care for our planet.
In Canada, we have been observing this special day for 20 years. For&nbsp;...]]></description>
      
      <dc:creator>Patricia A. McGoldrick</dc:creator>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[AL PURDY DAY--LATE GREAT CANADIAN POET]]></title>
      
      <link><![CDATA[http://historywire.ca/en/post/21160]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Al Purdy was born in Ontario, Twentieth Century Canadian poet.]]></description>
      
      <dc:creator>Patricia A. McGoldrick</dc:creator>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[VIOLA DESMOND GRANTED A FREE PARDON]]></title>
      
      <link><![CDATA[http://historywire.ca/en/post/21135]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[What a welcome piece of news to know that a wrong has been righted!  Posthumously, after decades of injustice, Viola Desmond has been granted a "free pardon." Read about Ms. Desmond at &nbsp;...]]></description>
      
      <dc:creator>Patricia A. McGoldrick</dc:creator>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[WWII Journal of William Henry Smith, Pvte. North Nova Scotia Highlanders]]></title>
      
      <link><![CDATA[http://historywire.ca/en/post/21125]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[This blog is based on the World War II journal of William Henry Smith, a Private in the North Nova Scotia Highlanders.  Today's post has the first three entries from the journal covering July 21, July 23 and July 26, 1941, his first entries as he&nbsp;...]]></description>
      
      <dc:creator>Michaelwwii</dc:creator>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[VIMY RIDGE IS REMEMBERED]]></title>
      
      <link><![CDATA[http://historywire.ca/en/post/21115]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[In National Poetry Month 2010, on April 9, I would like to share this poem that I wrote about the breath-taking monument built to memorialize the 1917 battle of Vimy Ridge.]]></description>
      
      <dc:creator>Patricia A. McGoldrick</dc:creator>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2010]]></title>
      
      <link><![CDATA[http://historywire.ca/en/post/21097]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Once again, National Poetry Month is being celebrated in Canada and the United States plus other countries. It is listed in the Calendar of Events for April at the Canadian Heritage government site.
Take a few moments this month to read, write,&nbsp;...]]></description>
      
      <dc:creator>Patricia A. McGoldrick</dc:creator>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[March 8--INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY]]></title>
      
      <link><![CDATA[http://historywire.ca/en/post/20920]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today is a day to celebrate the achievements and contributions of women in Canada and world-wide.
You can find out more about this day at  &#104;ttp://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/index-eng.html. ]]></description>
      
      <dc:creator>Patricia A. McGoldrick</dc:creator>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[United Nations Denier]]></title>
      
      <link><![CDATA[http://historywire.ca/en/post/20506]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The United Nations has been a dismal failure since its inception. Now it appears it may gain power to administer the anti-global warming effort.  Good luck!]]></description>
      
      <dc:creator>Jock Williams</dc:creator>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[DECEMBER 6--20 YEARS LATER]]></title>
      
      <link><![CDATA[http://historywire.ca/en/post/20492]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[December 6 2009  Two decades of grief are commemorated.]]></description>
      
      <dc:creator>Patricia A. McGoldrick</dc:creator>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[Next time let's do it right]]></title>
      
      <link><![CDATA[http://historywire.ca/en/post/20484]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[In order to put together a military operation -you have to have a well defined goal -and then build your force to accomplish it.]]></description>
      
      <dc:creator>Jock Williams</dc:creator>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[First Canadian Parliamentary Battalion]]></title>
      
      <link><![CDATA[http://historywire.ca/en/post/20202]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Just dress up a bunch of Parliamentarians in desert camo and send them there -it will give amazing and immediate "focus" where there was none before.]]></description>
      
      <dc:creator>Jock Williams</dc:creator>
      
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