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Wreath Laying Ceremony - International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2024.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to preside over a wreath laying ceremony at the Peacekeepers' Memorial site in the North Lawn.
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to preside over a wreath laying ceremony at the Peacekeepers' Memorial site in the North L
Wreath-laying Ceremony to Honour Fallen Peacekeepers - International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2023.
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will lay a wreath in honour of all peacekeepers who have lost their lives while serving under the United Nations flag over the past seven decades. The ceremony will take place at the Peacekeepers Memorial Site on the North Lawn at UN Headquarters in New York.
Wreath-laying Ceremony to Honour Fallen Peacekeepers - International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2023.
Wreath-laying Ceremony to Honour Fallen Peacekeepers - International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2023
The Memorial
The Memorial
The Memorial
The Memorial
This past weekend my family travelled to New York City for my niece’s wedding. We left Ottawa before the sun came up Friday morning and arrived at the townhome I had rented through AIRBNB a little over seven hours later. As there were six of us staying together, it was less expensive to rent a home than to book several hotel rooms. I chose a place in the Park Slope neighbourhood of Brooklyn so we could walk to and from the wedding and still have access to subway lines for site seeing in Manhattan. Once we got over the fact that we were staying in a stranger’s home, and past the tricky door lock, we all loved the coziness of the typical New York BROWNSTONE home…
I had prepaid for an overnight, covered parking spot for my son’s oversized truck with ParkWhiz for the weekend, but when he tried to park his truck, he was told they had no room for him. After speaking to several people at that lot and another lot the company recommended, we were told that my original payment would be refunded if he paid for the new spot. I still have yet to see a refund on my visa statement, but have contacted the company and am waiting to see their response. The bottom line is we did get parked and did not have to worry about further parking issues or driving in the city.
After unloading our luggage and a quick change out of our travel clothes, we headed to Manhattan via subway to take in some New York sights. The architecture of the sky scraping buildings is magnificent. The clear blue sky as a backdrop was perfect for picture taking. I especially loved the combination and contrast of the new with the very old…
My eldest son had mapped out our journey and we walked for miles and miles, trying to see everything in Manhattan. We visited the waterfront area to view the Brooklyn bridge and the Statue of Liberty, strolled down Wall Street, to the ground zero site, through Tribeca, Greenwich Village, Times Square and Rockefeller Center…
Throughout our travels, we picked out and snapped pictures of many iconic landmarks and familiar (from TV) sites including Trump tower, Tiffany’s, Madison Square Garden, NBC’s news room, and Rockefeller Center …
Perhaps the most awe-inspiring of all the sights we saw, at least to my family, was the memorial site for the victims of the 9-11 tragedy where family members place flowers on the names of their lost loved ones on their birthdays. It is incredibly beautiful; heart warming and sad at the same time…
Believe it or not, we took all of the above (and more, as I know I forgot to mention a few hot spots we visited) in Friday afternoon and evening, then headed back to Brooklyn on the subway. Saturday morning we were able to walk through a beautifully verdant Central Park (at least a small portion of it) before it was time to get ready for the wedding…
The wedding we attended was beautiful, and lots of fun. I have not seen my brother for several years; reconnecting with him was awesome and long overdue. My parents had six children and fifteen grandchildren, but as they are currently living all over the USA and Canada, rarely (never) are they all in one spot at the same time. Having four of us siblings and ten of “the cousins” (as they now call themselves) present at this event was nothing short of miraculous, but very touching. At one point I overheard the cousins reminiscing about and toasting/roasting their beloved grandpa (my father). They barely remember their grandma (my mother) as she died many years ago when they were all very young.
My father’s birthday is today; I know he heard their toasts and their plans to stay in touch and get together more often. I could feel my parents’ presence that whole day; I know they were smiling down on the wedding and their family.
A weekend in New York City This past weekend my family travelled to New York City for my niece's wedding. We left Ottawa before the sun came up Friday morning and arrived at the townhome I had rented through…
