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From: "Joyce Vonstrahl" <>
Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] War brides to revisit their journeys to Canada
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 18:33:19 -0800
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Many thanks for all the links you provide Annette, so nostalgic.
Joyce

On 11/6/06, Annette Fulford <> wrote:
>
>
> CTV.ca
> War brides to revisit their journeys to Canada
> Updated Mon. Nov. 6 2006 10:54 AM ET
>
> CTV.ca News Staff
>
> More than 300 war brides will board a VIA Rail train today bound for
> Halifax, where they will commemorate the journey that brought them to
> Canada
> after the Second World War.
>
> During and after the war, more than 50,000 women made the journey from
> Europe to Canada after marrying Canadian soldiers who served in the war.
>
> Twenty-two thousand of their children also made the journey.
>
> This week, the war brides will revisit Pier 21, their gateway to Canada,
> and
> over the next few days 18 couples will renew their wedding vows.
>
> To check out the full article with photos, click on
>
>
> http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061106/warbrides_journey_061106/20061106?hub=TopStories
>
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Joyce

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