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Jun 4

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INVITATION
PEDESTAL UNVEILING CEREMONY
12 JUNE 2025

The Royal United Services Institute has created commemorative pedestals honouring the Battle of Hong Kong, Invasion of Sicily and the Italian Campaign. Remarks by Her Honour the Honourable Bernadette McIntyre.

You are invited to join us for the unveiling ceremony in honour of the Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces who participated in these Battles and Campaigns.

When: Thursday the 12th of June at 2 p.m.
Where: at the Cenotaph in Victoria Park, Regina
Dress: Civilians, smart casual: uniformed services, dress uniform with medals

⏱️Please arrive by 1:45 p.m. to be in place prior to the start of the ceremony.

RUSI Regina is committed to honouring the Canadian Armed Forces and its members past and present.

#reginask #saskatchewan #unveiling #militaryhistory #rusiregina

Jun 2

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On June 12th at 2pm, we will be unveiling three new monuments at the Cenotaph in Regina’s Victoria Park commemorating the Battle of Hong Kong, the Invasion of Sicily, and the Italian Campaign. Special remarks will be delivered by Her Honour, the Honourable Bernadette McIntyre.

➡️We invite you to join us for the unveiling ceremony in honour of the Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces who participated in these Battles and Campaigns.

Seen here is the first 90 seconds of a 5-minute video explaining more about the Battle of Hong Kong by a wonderful YouTube channel called Simple History. Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/hzAo3oGX5To?si=005laGPnz0YoVx-h

#rusiregina #battleofhongkong #pedestal #pedestals #reginasask #saskatchewan #militaryhistory

May 31

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ATTENTION: The Legion’s Decoration Day Service, meant to take place on Sunday, June 1st, 10:30am, at the Field of Honour in Riverside Cemetery, has now been CANCELLED due to the smoke advisory. Please spread the word.

May 30

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Attention RUSI Regina Members: we are not able to park on military property for today’s Saskatchewan Roughriders game. More to follow on future games. Please spread the word.

May 30

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Our final TGIT until September! A powerful and heartbreaking evening with Tracy Desjarlais and Stephen Moorgan of the Salvation Army who came to speak on a topic that is shockingly relevant and happening in our neighborhoods. Thank you to all who attended💙

May 26

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This Thursday is our final TGIT until the fall! It will be a Speakers Series, with guest speaker Tracy Desjarlais with Stephen Moorgan speaking on Human Trafficking.

🕰️ 4:30 food, 5:30 speaker

💰$5 donation at door to cover food

Register: Email lynn@hjlinnen.com so we can account for how much food to make

📍Senior Ranks Mess, Regina Armoury
1600 Elphinstone St, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4T 3N1

May 23

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Very soon, on our website, you will be able to find out more about each of these brave Saskatchewan recipients of the Victoria Cross. We spent the morning photographing each of the shadow boxes and will building out a page dedicated to celebrating this Wall Of Honour, which currently hangs in Room 218 at the Saskatchewan Legislature.

This is a joint project between the Government of Saskatchewan and RUSI Regina.

The British Victoria Cross was the most prestigious honour awarded to Canadians for valour and conspicuous bravery “in the presence of the enemy” during wartime.
It was awarded to a person of any military rank, in any service, and to civilians under military command.

Instituted by Queen Victoria in 1856, it was the highest honour awarded in the British Commonwealth armed services.

The valiant individuals pictured here were all citizens of the Province of Saskatchewan.
The people of Saskatchewan and Canada are forever grateful for their service and sacrifices that preserved our freedom.

We are eternally in their debt.

#saskatchewan #victoriacross #victoriacrossmedal #sasklegislature #rusiregina #sasklegislativebuilding #militaryhistory

May 23

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One of our partners - the Royal Canadian Legion Regina Branch 001 - had their AGM tonight and asked RUSI’s Executive Director Kelsey Lonie to be their guest speaker. She spoke on the importance of museums, which is a shared value of both the Legion and RUSI Regina.

Kelsey has been working with Jurgen and many other hard working volunteers to preserve Regina’s military heritage and we hope to continue doing so for many months and years to come.

@reginalegionbranch001
#reginask
#rusiregina
#royalcanadianlegion
#militaryhistory
#militaryheritage
#museumsofcanada

May 19

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A message from RUSI Regina President, Brad Hrycyna: “Friends, White School Black Memories is a documentary about C Company 1 RCR in September 2006 in Afghanistan. It is an hour and a half long with the stories told by those who were there. Lives were lost and soldiers were wounded. Heroes emerged. For me it brought back memories of concerns for my soldiers and friends deployed in Afghanistan and the early morning calls to go and tell families that their soldier was not coming home, the hardest tasks of my military career. This will make you feel the emotions of combat. You may not want to watch it alone.You may find this very emotional, I know I did.” You will find it by searching White School Black Memories on YouTube. 💙💚

May 16

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Our second last TGIT Speakers Series of the season. Thank you Capt Kevin Heselton for speaking to us about Domestic Operations, and especially the RFAs. We are honoured to have such knowledgeable experts spend their Thursday evenings with us💚💙

Don’t miss out on May 29th with our guest speaker Tracy Desjarlais!

#tgit #reginask #rusiregina #domesticoperations #saskatchewanmilitary #canadianmilitary

May 13

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Popped in to see the progress with one of our partner projects. Seen here working hard is Ken, Ian and Bill.

RUSI Regina is supporting the endeavours of Friends of the Navy HMCS Queen as they diligently work on cataloguing and creating a small display/museum of their own💙🚢⚓️ We will keep checking back so we can all watch the journey!

#reginask #hmcsqueen #inthenavy #friendsofthenavy #rusiregina #militaryhistory #saskatchwan

May 9

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For those who might be interested, our Executive Director, Kelsey Lonie, sits on the Board of Directors for the Organization of Military Museums Canada, and helps them put together this quarterly bulletin, which is visually stunning as well as a great read.

You can find the digital publication at www.ommcinc.ca

Have an amazing weekend!

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