Monday, December 19, 2022

The Idea

 Here we have a photo collage of Canadian soldiers in peacekeeper duties.


The idea, one of the best ever thought of by a Canadian, dates to the Suez Crisis and was put forward by the foreign minister of the time, Lester Pearson, later to become Prime Minister of Canada. His initiative won him the Nobel Peace Prize. Using neutral soldiers as peacekeepers has been a concept since, and often is a hazardous duty.


This is a reproduction of a cafe in Cyprus, site of a long peacekeeping mission, with photographs and details of the mission on the walls.


This particularly striking painting is Paphos Gate, C-73, Observation Post, Cyprus, by Real Gauthier.


The Cold War was also the time of the spy. This is examined here as well.


And it was the time of the idea of fallout shelters.


Music and literature would be influenced by it.


During the 1960s in Quebec, the FLQ unleashed a series of terrorist actions in support of separatism. This culminated in the October Crisis. Pierre Trudeau's famous "just watch me" answer in conversation with a reporter is played on a screen here.


Time moves forward. These uniforms are more typical of contemporary service, with the one at right being what you'd see on the field.


And this field gun is from the reserve units. We carry on here tomorrow.

44 comments:

  1. Good to see peace keeping forces.

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  2. I like the idea of peacekeepers. I read some books of e.g. Afghanistan where these people were and are badly needed.

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  3. Lester Pearson was one of our great ones.

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  4. I like the Peacekeepers, a great idea! Take care, have a great day and happy new week!

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  5. That cafe is very photogenic, and I remember getting out my camera.

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  6. ...being a peacekeeper is a noble activity.

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  7. Interesting to see Cyprus represented there. Thank you for sharing.

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  8. Lester Pearson was a real world hero.

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  9. That Cyprus painting is beautiful.

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  10. I read Pearson's autobiography. It contains lots of information that I didn't know about the war.

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  11. Hopeful post and great photos ~

    Merry Christmas ~

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  12. A nice and interesting part of the exhibition.

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  13. La paz está pendiente de un hilo y ya está bastante debilitado.

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  14. Every time I see a tank, I get palpitations

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  15. I'm pleased you included the Cyprus painting, it is good to see the scene and what it looked like.

    All the best Jan

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  16. Whoa! Like that winter header. :-)

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  17. We still need more peacekeepers, especially in Africa.

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  18. Peace keeping missions are so important, like your new header too

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  19. This is a truly impressive museum.

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