I thought it was a little odd that the Museo Militar in Lisbon was focused primarily on ancient history and stopped at the First World War. From my limited knowlege of Portugese history I was sure that there was significant military involvement in more recent years. That's when we stumbled on the Museo do Combatente.
Professor Andrea Lane is a Defence Scientist with the Maritime Operational Research Team, providing operations research support to Maritime Forces Pacific in Esquimalt. She is part of a team of defence scientists who do deep dive research into defence topics of interest to commanders. Check out the additional photos on our 2024 yearbook page.
On Sept 5, 2022, Greg and Marilyn Pyke from Graham, Washington, USA, anchored along the South Cove of Yorke Island to check out a concrete structure they had seen an old photo of in the nautical guide, "Exploring The South Coast of British Columbia" * by Don and Reanne Hemingway-Douglass. Check out the rest of their story here. As a former cannon foundry and having centuries more history than The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, one assumes that there will be many ancient cannons on the premises. This turns out to be a very accurate assumption.
Another country, another capital and another military museum. Originally a cannon foundry, the building was devastated in the 1755 earthquake and tsunami. Rebuilt as a military museum, the building has an amazing architecture with impressive details.
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