First Hussars Museum

US President Trump recently said Canada and other non-US NATO members "kept their soldiers back from the frontlines" in Afghanistan.

Here's a photo taken at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa in 2022: A Canadian Army Mercedes-Benz Gelandewagen scout car that had its front end destroyed by a Taliban improvised explosive device on 12 December 2005.

Three Canadian soldiers and a Canadian journalist were injured in the blast. IEDs were the biggest killer of all Coalition forces in Afghanistan - American, Canadian, British, French, German, Danish, etc. This wasn't a war with a frontline, anywhere could be dangerous.

The 1st Hussars Museum is closed for the winter, but we will have a display at the London Heritage Council Heritage Fair at the London Public Library's Central Branch on February 21st.

Today is National Indigenous Veterans Day. Many Indigenous individuals have served in the First Hussars, including John Donald Dumont, a residential school survivor and a descendant of the Metis military leader from the 1885 Riel Rebellion, Gabriel Dumont. John Donald Dumont's story can be viewed here:

John Donald Dumont - A Métis Soldier of the 1st Hussars Murdered by the SS This video tells the story of Trooper John Donald Dumont, a relative of Métis military leader Gabriel Dumont, who served in the 1st Hussars in the Second Wor...

Canadian military historian Tim Cook passed away two days ago at the age of 54. He published 19 books on Canadian military history, including "The Fight For History" which has this powerful section on Second World War epitaphs:

October 24 marks United Nations Day 🌐

More than 125,000 Canadian military personnel have contributed to peace through United Nations operations worldwide, most between 1948 and 1995. Canadians still deploy in smaller numbers to UN missions today, including to Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan.

📷 Cyprus, 1967, painted by Terry Cowan, 2010
Beaverbrook Collection of War Art, CWM 20130017-001