Another example why we support the military in Halifax, #Canadasmilitarycity.

HELP SAVE THE Former HALIFAX MEMORIAL LIBRARY FROM DEMOLITION https://t.co/BmXdgwggiA

🇬🇧 Every clock on Earth is set to one place. Every time zone starts there. Every GPS satellite is guided by it. Every flight, every trade, every second measured anywhere on the planet traces back to one place. A small building on a hill in south-east London. In 1675, ships

#OTD 66 years ago. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and his mother, Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark, board the HMS Wakeful at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard on February 25, 1960 in Portsmouth, to attend the special sea burial of his aunt, The Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

His teacher beat him so badly he never went back to school. 🙏🇬🇧 He had a speech impediment. He couldn't even say his own name. He invented the modern world. Michael Faraday. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 Son of a blacksmith. His family went hungry. No education. No prospects. Nothing. At fourteen

The birthplace of English law is under a Sainsbury's car park.🧑‍⚖️🇬🇧 Merton Priory. South London. Founded in 1114. As long as Westminster Abbey. Thomas Becket learned to read here. The only English Pope in history grew up here. The man who founded Oxford's oldest college took

Have you ever wondered what it's like to clamber into a Lancaster bomber? Here, in my latest @Legion_Magazine article - the second of two parts - Sean Kearney of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum offers a small glimpse. https://t.co/8wLwfYOzXl 📸 Stephen J. Thorne/LM

Canada's only airworthy Lancaster bomber looked very different indeed back in the 1970s. Read the first part of her story here: https://t.co/mvUcQLHIe5 The second part will be released this afternoon! 📸 Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

Today, we celebrate Canada’s National Flag, the cultural heritage that it represents, and we remember the men and women of our military who have protected and continue to protect our country’s rights and freedoms. To learn more, please visit: https://t.co/SFRdvNgPHU

China has pumped out more pollution in 10 years then Britain has since its Industrial Revolution-Telegraph Wow...

Here are the details for the service and funeral... https://t.co/gUu7vYyeZ6

Outstanding.

Thks for the fire updates on the https://t.co/yLz6sKd5bx… and hoping the damage is minimal.

Organization at Hartlen Point to be named Land-Based Test Facility HMCS Assiniboine to mark trial ship for Beartrap helicopter haul-down system, & after Assiniboine river which does not flow into the ocean

Flag Day is February 15! Get Canada-ready with flags, decals, apparel, and more.  Whether you’re decorating your home, business, classroom, or event, we’ve got you covered. Shop here: https://t.co/slD0WGCUQt

#OTD 1/2/1968 #RememberRCN -Becomes known as "Black Thursday," when Canadian Armed Forces created, unifying #RCN #RCAF & Canadian Army into a single organization. Stripping the services of identity. RCN becomes Maritime Command.

Today in the #RCN, 103 years ago today, on 31 January 1923. The creation of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR) and cancellation of the Royal Navy Canadian Volunteer Reserve (RNCVR) by Order in Council. The RCNVR establishment is set at 70 officers and 930 ratings

#OnThisDay 1965 the state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill, took place at St Pauls. All of the Armed Forces were involved but it was the privilege of the @RoyalNavy to pull his coffin on a gun carriage. Churchill held post of 1st Lord of the Admiralty twice

On this day in 1918, Lt Col John McCrae, Canadian Medical Officer serving in the First World War, died in France. His poem In Flanders Fields, written three years earlier in 1915, became the enduring words of Remembrance. #LestWeForget #CanadaRemembers

Canada Accelerates Armor Plans To Contend With Growing Threats Canada wants at least 250 new armored fighting vehicles, followed by new tanks, as it faces the challenges of an increasingly contested High North. Story:

Opinion: Rebuilding the military isn't making headlines, but it's happening Behind the scenes, big changes are taking place within the Canadian Armed Forces https://t.co/QJoJD83jc8