8th Hussars Museum

06/07/2026

The 8th Hussars Military Museum opens Monday, June 8. Our hours for the next few weeks will be Monday to Friday 10AM to 6PM. Julia gives a great tour of our collection and admission is by donation. Also, we have a replenished gift shop with t-shirts, hoodies, hats, crests, hat badges and glassware. and we have reorganized the museum in a chronological order which will make for a more cohesive tour experience. Hope you will make our little museum a part of your holiday plans.

06/06/2026

June 6, 1944 - D Day - Operation Overlord.

The movie "Pressure" is at the Cineplex now. It is an excellent movie detailing the role weather played in the D Day landings.

We will remember them.

| 🇨🇦 82è anniversaire du Jour J
🍁 Sur les 156 000 soldats alliés débarqués ou parachutés le 6 juin 1944, 14 000 étaient Canadiens. Ce jour-là, 381 soldats canadiens ont perdu la vie.
La campagne de Normandie durera dix semaines et coûtera au Canada plus de 18 000 pertes, dont environ 5 500 morts.
🌺 Aujourd’hui, ces héros reposent, pour la plupart, dans les cimetières militaires de Bény-sur-Mer/Reviers et Cintheaux/Bretteville-sur-Laize.
🙏 Ils reposent en Normandie depuis 82ans, sur la terre qu’ils ont libérée pour que vive la liberté. Nous nous souvenons d'eux.
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| 🇨🇦 82nd Anniversary of D-Day
🍁 Of the 156,000 Allied soldiers who landed or parachuted that day, 14,000 were Canadian. On June 6 alone, 381 Canadian soldiers lost their lives. The Normandy Campaign would last ten weeks and cost Canada over 18,000 casualties, including approximately 5,500 killed.
🌺 Today, most of these heroes rest in the military cemeteries of Bény-sur-Mer / Reviers and Cintheaux / Bretteville-sur-Laize.
🙏 They have rested in Normandy for 82 years, on the land they helped to liberate so that freedom could live on. We remember.

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05/31/2026

The 8th Hussars Military Museum is proud to take part in this summer program. We open June 8. We hope you will make plans to visit us!

[:en] Did you know that there are over 110 heritage sites in our province that are open to the public? Many offer services in both French and English, and visitors are invited to tour historic…

05/28/2026

We recently came across this picture in our archives storage room in Moncton. Do any of our followers have any particular memories they would like to share of their experience at Fort Pickett, Virginia in 2008?

05/25/2026

Today we honour the service of Capt D Gass and Sgt W. E. Rosa. Capt Gass was Mentioned in Dispatches and Sgt Rosa received a Military Medal while serving in Italy and Holland respectively.

05/18/2026

The 8th Hussars were deployed to Cyprus for two UN peacekeeping missions: in 1965 and 1978. To learn more about their missions check out the following link: http://www.8chassociation.com/blogs/the-8th-hussars-in-cyprus-by-matthew-gamble

05/02/2026

The 8th Hussars Museum hosted the annual flag raising today to honour the special connection the Hussars have with the Town of Eelde in the Netherlands. The event was well attended. The museum Vice-Chair, Brian Clancy, did an outstanding job explaining the importance of the tradition. We also had remarks from the Commanding Officer of the 8th Canadian Hussars Regiment, Lt.-Col. Colin Beazley, Mayor Marc Thorne and the Regimental Padre.

05/01/2026

On Saturday, May 2 at 10:50 the 8th Hussars Museum will have a short ceremony and a flag raising ceremony. The Museum will be open after the flag raising and coffee and a light snack will be served. The attached video gives some context to the flag raising:

11 likes. "A Promise Kept: The Story of Eelde's Gold Medal"

04/10/2026

Looking for a summer job? Accepting applications until April 17. Go to Museum web page under Summer Employment tab for more info: http://www.8chassociation.com/summer-employment-2026.html

Welcome to the Association of the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) The Association of 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) Inc. was incorporated in 1973 to preserve and protect the...

04/09/2026

Private Fred Hayes from Kings Co, NB fought with the 26th Battalion during the First World War. Pictured here is his name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians, having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. On this, the anniversary date of the beginning of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, we remember all those we lost. Lest we Forget.

For more information on Fred Hayes, please go to the following link: https://veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/618511