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Dec 12

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Starting tomorrow…our Twelve Days of Wartime Christmas Cards🎄🌟

This Christmas season, we’re sharing something special from the archives at the Regina Legion Museum. Each day leading up to Christmas Eve, we’ll reveal a Christmas card sent home during the First or Second World War.

Follow us as we honour those who served and remember holidays spent far from home.

#12DaysOfChristmas #wartimechristmas #christmascards #rusiregina #ChristmasHistory #militaryhistory

Dec 12

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Thank you to everyone who braved the storm and came out to our final TGIT of 2025. It was an honour to hear the stories behind the book Following The Echoes, written by our guest speaker Lance Fox and his sister, Claudia.

Find out more at @followingtheechoes

We will see you at our next TGIT, the first in 2026, on Jan.15th, when Kelsey Lonie will be speaking on her newly published children’s book Whitey’s Journey.

#rusiregina #saskauthor #militaryhistory #lovestory #canadianhistory

Dec 10

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Fundraiser success! Thank you to C.S. Day Transport Ltd. for generously covering the remaining cost of our pedestal fundraiser. Thanks to their support—and the incredible contributions from the province and our community—we can add two new commemorative pedestals in Victoria Park honouring Saskatchewan’s Victoria Cross recipients and the Balkan Campaign.

Make sure to follow us here and/or visit our website at www.rusiregina.ca to get updates on the dates of the future unveilings.

#fundraiser #reginask #militaryhistory #rusiregina #csdaytransport #donors #yqrbusiness

Dec 9

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Past-President and RUSI Officer Brigadier-General (Ret’d) Cliff Walker has shared some wonderful news:

“We had a private audience with the Premier this afternoon and he has thrown his support behind the petition to support the Federal Member of Parliament who is seeking an independent Honours and Awards Committee to review the citations of all of the Star of Valour recipients to ascertain if some of those awards should be upgraded to the Victoria Cross.

A Motion in the House today, moved by the The Minister of Justice, the Honourable Tim McLeod and spoken in favour of by MLAs Blaine McLeod for the Government and Vicki Mowat for the Opposition passed with unanimous approval. I was pleased to sit in the Gallery with former Regina Riflemen Willy MacDonald, Eddie Staniowski and Jamie Sinclair and we received a standing ovation from both sides of the isle.

The other news from today was that during the private meeting with the Premier, Jamie Sinclair asked me if I was going to raise the question of Room 218 with the Premier again. I did and after some discussion, he asked if the Hall of Honour was what we wanted to rename the room with the 15 VIctoria Cross shadow boxes in. Eddie had a better suggestion and that was the Hall of Valour. We all agreed to the change.

The Premier got up in the house and announced that his government would be changing the nomenclature of Room 218 to the 🎖️Hall of Valour🎖️ and he invited the Opposition to embrace the name change. This has been a long time coming.”

📸: @premierscottmoe

#hallofvalour #victoriacross #saskatchewan #sasklegislature #sasklegislativebuilding #renaming #rusiregina

Dec 8

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Join us for our next RUSI Speakers Series event - and our final TGIT of 2025 - on December 11 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm, featuring a presentation by Lance Fox entitled Following The Echoes: the story of Flying Officer Wendell Pierce Drew. Lance will have books for sale at this event.📕

💲Admission: Free (suggested $5 donation to help cover food)

📧Registration: Please email lynn@hjlinnen.com so we can prepare the appropriate amount of food.

📍Location: Senior Ranks Mess, Regina Armoury
1600 Elphinstone St, Regina, Saskatchewan

#rusiregina #tgit #yqrevents #yqr #militaryhistory #canadianhistory #saskatchewanhistory

Dec 5

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Join us for our next RUSI Speakers Series event - and our final TGIT of 2025 - on December 11 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm, featuring a presentation by Lance Fox entitled Following The Echoes: the story of Flying Officer Wendell Pierce Drew

💲Admission: Free (suggested $5 donation to help cover food)

📧Registration: Please email lynn@hjlinnen.com so we can prepare the appropriate amount of food.

📍Location: Senior Ranks Mess, Regina Armoury
1600 Elphinstone St, Regina, Saskatchewan

#rusiregina #tgit #yqrevents #yqr #militaryhistory #canadianhistory #saskatchewanhistory

Dec 5

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Thank you @hellstangles for being a guest tonight’s TGIT Speakers Series, tying together how big a role knitting and cigarettes had in the First and Second World Wars. It’s true, everything is connected:)

Join us next Thursday for our final TGIT of 2025, where guest speaker and author Lance Fox will be presenting.

#knitting #knittinghistory #militaryhistory #canadianmilitaryhistory #rusiregina

Dec 3

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Join us tomorrow at our TGIT gathering where Britt Goddu will be presenting “Thank you for the cigarettes!” Knitting, Soldiers, and the Second World War. Britt sent us a few sneak peek images for you enjoy. 😊 🧶

⏱️ 4:30pm-6:30pm
👉Admission: Free (suggested $5 donation to help cover food)
📧Registration: Please email lynn@hjlinnen.com so we can prepare the appropriate amount of food
📍Location: Senior Ranks Mess, Regina Armoury
1600 Elphinstone St, Regina, Saskatchewan

See you there!

#yqrevents #yqr #yqreventplanner #exploreregina #militaryhistory #canadianmilitaryhistory #saskevents

Dec 2

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Come and see the new Wartime Christmas exhibit at the Legion Museum in #downtownregina located at 1820 Cornwall St. Lovingly curated by RUSI’s ED and Chief Historian, Kelsey Lonie. Open to the public from 10am to 2pm🎄🧑‍🎄🎁 #militaryhistory #reginalegion #wartimechristmas #saskatchewan

Dec 1

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Save the date! Second World War Regina Rifleman John Watson will celebrate his 100th birthday in Swift
Current on December 20. A contingent from RUSI’s partner, the Regina Rifles, will be in attendance to honour him. We extend our warmest congratulations and deepest gratitude for his service.

Like and/or share this post to send John some birthday love 💙💚

#100birthday #100birthdaycelebration #saskatchewan #canadianveterans #reginarifles #rifleman

Nov 29

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Come on down to see our For Country & For Sport collaborative exhibit at the @sasksportshf which closes Dec.6th!

This exhibit recognizes six Saskatchewan athletes who served in the military: Ed Staniowski, Phyllis Dewar, Tom Settee, Hector Jones, Alex Decoteau and David Greyeyes.

Thanks again to @prosserbrookian and @evanfoster69 for putting this exhibit together and to the @sasksportshf for giving us this opportunity.💙💚

#rusiregina #sksport #halloffame #saskatchewan

Nov 28

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At the next TGIT Speakers Series this coming Thursday, December 4, 2025 @ 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM RUSI Regina presents Britt Goddu for a presentation entitled: “Thank you for the cigarettes!” Knitting, Soldiers, and the Second World War.

👉Email lynn@hjlinnen.com so we can account for how much food to make. $5 donation suggested for food.

See you there!

#yqrevents #rusiregina

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