Canada House - Maison Des Canadiens - Short
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Canada House - Maison Des Canadiens - Short
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Canada House - Maison Des Canadiens. Short Version.
Panoramic view of Canada House and Juno Beach, in the village of Bernières-sur-Mer, France.
“La Maison des Canadiens," or Canada House was one of the first houses liberated on Juno Beach by Canadian soldiers on D-Day, and is one of the most iconic buildings in Canadian military history. It has become a landmark, standing in the backdrop of many photographs showing Canadian troops landing on the sands of this village in Normandy.
Over 100 men of the Queen’s Own Rifles were killed or wounded, in the first few minutes of the landings within sight of this house. There was fighting around and inside the house, the last surviving building of many similar ones flattened along the coast by the Germans in their construction of the Atlantic Wall.
The house has become a place of pilgrimage for past and present members of the Queen’s Own Rifles (QOR), a Toronto-based army regiment whose members came ashore directly below the house.
A place of reflection and appreciation for the many men who fought and died beyond the
more famous Omaha Beach.
You can learn more about what drives me in my blog:
http://inspiringthoughtsandimages.com/
Weston Westmoreland
Uploaded
September 14th, 2018
Embed
Share
Recently Viewed
