Mark Kennedy, Postmedia News
March 18, 2014
Last Updated: Mar 18 8:28 PM ET
OTTAWA — Canada (click here) will hold commemoration ceremonies May 9 for the thousands of soldiers who served in the military mission to Afghanistan.
The announcement was made Tuesday morning by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, as he greeted 93 soldiers at Ottawa’s military airport hangar. They were the last to return home from the war-ravaged country.
Harper said that May 9 has been designated a “National Day of Honour.”
March 18, 2014
Last Updated: Mar 18 8:28 PM ET
OTTAWA — Canada (click here) will hold commemoration ceremonies May 9 for the thousands of soldiers who served in the military mission to Afghanistan.
The announcement was made Tuesday morning by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, as he greeted 93 soldiers at Ottawa’s military airport hangar. They were the last to return home from the war-ravaged country.
Harper said that May 9 has been designated a “National Day of Honour.”
