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Nov 10

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BEYOND THE MEDAL Day 9: Thomas Hargreaves

For the 10 days leading up to Remembrance Day, we will be bringing you a series entitled Beyond The Medal.

RUSI partner the Regina Legion holds many groups of medals in their collection. Earlier this year, with the help of U of R Student Researcher Adam Selensky, RUSI Regina’s Executive Director and Chief Historian Kelsey Lonie dug into the people behind the medals to bring their stories to life.

Today we want you to meet Thomas Hargreaves.

Check back tomorrow for our final story in Beyond The Medal.

We will remember them.

#rusiregina #reginalegion #reginask #saskhistory #remembranceday2026

Nov 9

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Who Wears The Uniform? has been remounted until Nov 16 at the George Bothwell Public Library. Takes some time this Remembrance Day week to stop in and take a peek and/or listen to the stories of these great men and women over at www.rusiregina.ca 💙💚

#rusiregina #reginask #reginalibrary #militaryhistory

Nov 9

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BEYOND THE MEDAL Day 8: Pte. Thomas McGowran

For the 10 days leading up to Remembrance Day, we will be bringing you a series entitled Beyond The Medal.

RUSI partner the Regina Legion holds many groups of medals in their collection. Earlier this year, with the help of U of R Student Researcher Adam Selensky, RUSI Regina’s Executive Director and Chief Historian Kelsey Lonie dug into the people behind the medals to bring their stories to life.

Today we want you to meet Pte. Thomas McGowran.

Check back tomorrow and each day until November 11 to read about the others.

We will remember them.

#rusiregina #reginalegion #reginask #saskhistory #remembranceday2026

Nov 7

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BEYOND THE MEDAL Day 7: Pte. Edger Swain

For the 10 days leading up to Remembrance Day, we will be bringing you a series entitled Beyond The Medal.

RUSI partner the Regina Legion holds many groups of medals in their collection. Earlier this year, with the help of U of R Student Researcher Adam Selensky, RUSI Regina’s Executive Director and Chief Historian Kelsey Lonie dug into the people behind the medals to bring their stories to life.

Today we want you to meet Pte. Edgar Swain.

Check back tomorrow and each day until November 11 to read about the others.

We will remember them.

#rusiregina #reginalegion #reginask #saskhistory #remembranceday2026

Nov 7

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BEYOND THE MEDAL Day 6: Gwilym Bertram Griffith

For the 10 days leading up to Remembrance Day, we will be bringing you a series entitled Beyond The Medal.

RUSI partner the Regina Legion holds many groups of medals in their collection. Earlier this year, with the help of U of R Student Researcher Adam Selensky, RUSI Regina’s Executive Director and Chief Historian Kelsey Lonie dug into the people behind the medals to bring their stories to life.

Today we want you to meet Gwilym Bertram Griffith.

Check back tomorrow and each day until November 11 to read about the others.

We will remember them.

#rusiregina #reginalegion #reginask #saskhistory #remembranceday2026

Nov 6

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We were not only excited to be a part of this @heritageregina event, but also it also warmed our hearts - on behalf of the Regina Legion - to see so many come out to this evening celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Legion and the Museum and collections that have been painstakingly curated at Regina Legion Branch 001 over the last two years.

It is an honour to work with these community partners to keep our history alive, lest we forget.

#rusiregina #reginalegion #heritageregina #royalcanadianlegion #history

Nov 5

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Thank you Major Dan Coats for spending time with us this evening and answering some of the questions many of us had about the Royal British Marines and what it was like to be part of the Royal Navy, then and now.

Please note, next week’s TGIT will be cancelled for Remembrance Day week. May you all find your own ways to remember and reflect. Lest we forget.

Nov 5

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BEYOND THE MEDAL Day 5: Sgt. Joseph Leskiw

For the 10 days leading up to Remembrance Day, we will be bringing you a series entitled Beyond The Medal.

RUSI partner the Regina Legion holds many groups of medals in their collection. Earlier this year, with the help of U of R Student Researcher Adam Selensky, RUSI Regina’s Executive Director and Chief Historian Kelsey Lonie dug into the people behind the medals to bring their stories to life.

Today we want you to meet Sgt. Joseph Leskiw.

Check back tomorrow and each day until November 11 to read about the others.

We will remember them.

#rusiregina #reginalegion #reginask #saskhistory #remembranceday2026

Nov 5

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Today, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) of Regina launched Living Honour, an interactive website developed in partnership with the University of Regina’s Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance, and sponsored by the Indigenous Veterans Monument Committee.

The site allows users to experience a 360-degree view of the Saskatchewan Indigenous Veterans Monument located in Regina’s Victoria Park, from anywhere in the world.

Visit Living Honour, here: https://livinghonour.rusiregina.ca/

The monument is a permanent reminder of the contributions and sacrifices made by Indigenous members of Canada’s Armed Forces and of the discrimination and injustices many Indigenous veterans faced when they returned to civilian life.

“This monument reminds us that service and sacrifice have taken many forms and that remembrance has not always included the experiences of all those who served. But not everyone is able to visit a monument in person. And a monument alone cannot share the personal stories behind the words etched on stone. This interactive website helps bridge that gap, making these stories accessible to a much wider audience,” says Kelsey Lonie, Executive Director & Chief Historian, RUSI Regina.

#rusiregina #uofr #indigenousveterans #interactivewebsite #saskatchewan

Nov 4

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BEYOND THE MEDAL Day 4: Pte. Francis David Edwards

For the 10 days leading up to Remembrance Day, we will be bringing you a series entitled Beyond The Medal.

RUSI partner the Regina Legion holds many groups of medals in their collection. Earlier this year, with the help of U of R Student Researcher Adam Selensky, RUSI Regina’s Executive Director and Chief Historian Kelsey Lonie dug into the people behind the medals to bring their stories to life.

Today we want you to meet Private Francis David Edwards.

Check back tomorrow and each day until November 11 to read about the others.

We will remember them.

#rusiregina #reginalegion #moosejawsk #saskhistory remembranceday2026

Nov 3

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BEYOND THE MEDAL Day 3: Pte. John Edward Murray

For the 10 days leading up to Remembrance Day, we will be bringing you a series entitled Beyond The Medal.

RUSI partner the Regina Legion holds many groups of medals in their collection. Earlier this year, with the help of U of R Student Researcher Adam Selensky, RUSI Regina’s Executive Director and Chief Historian Kelsey Lonie dug into the people behind the medals to bring their stories to life.

Today we want you to meet Private John Edward Murray.

Check back tomorrow and each day until November 11 to read about the others.

We will remember them.

#rusiregina #reginalegion #moosejawsk #saskhistory remembranceday2026

Nov 3

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Good to see our interactive airport kiosk still going strong at @flyyqr … the kiosk allows visitors to use the QR codes to visit the pages on our website that go into more depth about the history behind our 29 commemorative pedestals that live permanently in Victoria Park, Regina.

Since it was placed nearly 500 people have used these QR codes. Overall, nearly 25,000 visitors have been to our pedestal pages to read more about Saskatchewan and Canada’s military history.

You can, too, simply by visiting www.rusiregina.ca 💙💚

#rusiregina #reginaairport #yqr #saskatchewan #militaryhistory

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