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Sentry program at National War Memorial restarts with COVID-19 safety measures in place

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Title (Dublin Core)

Sentry program at National War Memorial restarts with COVID-19 safety measures in place

Description (Dublin Core)

"To limit any possible spread of COVID-19, members of the national sentry program will follow protective health measures of the government and the Canadian Forces. Visitors are asked to keep a minimum two-metre distance from the sentries at all times, the military noted in its statement."
An article relaying that the sentries at the National War Memorial will be in place again. They normally stand guard every summer but have not so far this year due to the pandemic. The Canadian Armed Forces have had particularly strict regulations in place for the members since March, in an attempt to ensure should military personnel be needed to respond to a crisis, health or otherwise, there will be sufficient healthy staff available to do so. The presence of sentries at the memorial, which is also the site of the tomb of the unknown soldier, is not particularly representative of the city or military for most Ottawans or visitors but has taken on added significance since a lone gunman shot and killed one of the sentries, from behind, before storming the parliament buildings, several years ago. The sentry was the only victim to die in that attack and his death on duty has given an even deeper value in the post to those who hold it.
military, CAF, historic site, tourist site, honouring the dead

Date (Dublin Core)

July 13, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

David Pugliese

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Hope Gresser

Type (Dublin Core)

news article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/sentry-program-at-national-war-memorial-restarts-with-covid-19-safety-measures-in-place?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1594651332
https://web.archive.org/save/https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/sentry-program-at-national-war-memorial-restarts-with-covid-19-safety-measures-in-place?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1594651332

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Ottawa Citizen

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Government Federal
English Environment & Landscape
English Travel
English Social Distance

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Canadian Armed Forces
Ottawa
tourist
historic site
crisis

Collection (Dublin Core)

English Deathways
Environment

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

07/15/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/04/2020
01/29/21

Date Created (Dublin Core)

07/14/2020

Item sets

Covid 19
Canada

This item was submitted on July 15, 2020 by Hope Gresser using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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