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Just an FYI, The Calgary Highlanders will be parading downtown on Saturday April 20 in commemoration of the Battle of St. Julien.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second...80.93_5_May.29

Most people will know of this battle without actually knowing it by name. It was the second time the Germans used gas, and this time it was directed toward the Canadian lines:

On the morning of 24 April 1915 the Germans released another cloud of chlorine gas, this time directly towards the re-formed Canadian lines just west of the village of St. Julien. On seeing the approach of the greenish-grey gas cloud, word was passed among the Canadian troops to urinate on their handkerchiefs and place these over their noses and mouths.

We knew there was something was wrong. We started to march towards Ypres but we couldn't get past on the road with refugees coming down the road. We went along the railway line to Ypres and there were people, civilians and soldiers, lying along the roadside in a terrible state. We heard them say it was gas. We didn't know what the Hell gas was. When we got to Ypres we found a lot of Canadians lying there dead from gas the day before, poor devils, and it was quite a horrible sight for us young men. I was only twenty so it was quite traumatic and I've never forgotten nor ever will forget it.
—Private W. Hay of the Royal Scots

A plaque was erected to the memory of the 10th Battalion and the 2nd Battle of Ypres at City Hall in Calgary; annual dinners to mark the occasion became a unit tradition in The Calgary Highlanders, where the toast is given, with Highland Honours, to:
"The Glorious Memory of the 22nd of April 1915."

The old City Hall in Calgary (from where about 60% of the original 10th Battalion men were recruited) bears a plaque dedicated to Lieutenant Colonel Russ Boyle and the men of the 10th Battalion who made the charge at Kitcheners' Wood. The regiment commemorates the battle annually on the weekend closest to April 22nd. "St. Julien's Day", as it is known, usually involves an all-ranks reunion dinner, an officers' mess function, a freedom of the city parade, and a church service. The Regimental hockey team is known as "The Oakleafs" and a regimental newssheet known as The Oak Leaf has been published on and off over the years, in addition to the official newssheet, The Glen. In Belgium, the Vrije Basisschool (elementary school) of the current day St-Juliaan displays an oak leaf memorial in honour of the event.

Lots of information on St. Julien here:

http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/hi...y/stjulien.htm

Might be a cool thing for you and your family to come down and see. Full dress uniforms led by the pipes and drums. Rain or shine.

http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/everyone-l...rade-1.1245587

This is the parade route starting from Mewata Armoury at 10:00am.

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The Parade will stop at the Church on 1st and 7th Ave SE at 11:00am I believe. They will go in for mass and then continue on the parade route after mass.

Very neat thing to see in person if you've never seen one before, and it will display that Calgary does have a rich military history that a lot of people aren't aware about.

And if you're a motorist, you will want to avoid those areas on Saturday.