Media Advisory - Commemorative ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice

OTTAWA, June 22, 2018 /CNW/ - The Honourable Seamus O'Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will join His Excellency Shin Maeng-Ho, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Bill Black, President of the Korea Veterans Association Unit 7 in Ottawa, and other officials to commemorate the 65^th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice at a ceremony and wreath laying at the National War Memorial.

Location:	National War Memorial Wellington Street Ottawa
Date:	Sunday, June 24, 2018
Time:	10:30 ET

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In 2018, the Government of Canada will mark the 65^th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice, the 10^th anniversary of National Peacekeepers' Day and the 100^th anniversary of Canada's Hundred Days and the end of the First World War.

SOURCE Veterans Affairs Canada

Media inquiries: Media Relations, Veterans Affairs Canada, 613-992-7468, [email protected]; Alex Wellstead, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Veterans Affairs, [email protected]; Natalie SoEan Her, Executive Assistant to the Defence Attaché, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Canada, 613-244-5027, [email protected]

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