THE LORD BYRON FOUNDATION SPONSORS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESPRIT DE CORPS , CANADIAN MILITARY MAGAZINE AND THE LAUNCH OF A NEW BOOOK On May 31, 2001, at the National Library of Canada in Ottawa, The Esprit de Corps magazine celebrated its 10th anniversary with the launching of a new book. This event was sponsored by the Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies and it was attended by close to 200 guests many of which from the media , military, diplomatic and political circles. Mr. James Bissett, Canadian former ambassador to Yugoslavia, as the Chairman of the Lord Byron Foundation , introduced the presentations and made note of the Esprit de Corps' and Scott Taylor's in particular, for contributing balanced insight into the Balkan conflict. The book which was launched "Canada at War and Peace, II - A Millennium of Military Heritage" includes many excerpts from Taylor's writing ("Inat" and "Tested Mettle") which gives a prospective on the break up of Yugoslavia as witnessed first hand by Canadian peacekeepers. On hand to receive a ceremonial copy of "Canada at War and Peace, II - A Millennium of Military Heritage" was Mr. Roch Carrier, National Librarian. Present in the audience were delegations from Yugoslavian , Macedonian, Greek, Chinese, Iraqi and Sudanese Embassies, as well as representatives from over one dozen military associations and similar number of Members of Parliament. The combination book-launch and anniversary celebration were covered by the Ottawa Citizen, CTV and E-press and many other media personalities attended as guests and friends of Esprit the Corps. The book itself "Canada at War and Peace, II - A Millennium of Military Heritage" is a two volume, 1000 page reference set which covers all aspects of Canada's military heritage from the first Viking raids to the NATO occupation of Kosovo. Many of the book's main editors-known as the old guard of Esprit de Corps are themselves veterans of World War II and Korea. These gentlemen , Col. Strom Galloway, Norm Shannon, Les Peate and Bill Twatio were cold forward by Katherine Taylor, the magazine's vice-president, to officially commemorate Esprit de Corps' anniversary with the cake cutting ceremony. The lavish event featured catering courtesy of Nik Nageeb Shallah who donated the food and services in recognition of Scott Taylor's investigative reporting on the crisis in his homeland of Iraq. The wine for the event was provided by the Yugoslavian embassy and many of the volunteers who helped to serve the food and drinks were the members of the Ottawa Serbian Community who were appreciative of Taylor's unbiased coverage of events in the Balkans. During his speech Mr. Taylor acknowledged the tremendous support which Esprit de Corps has received over the past two years from the Serbian Community. He also singled out his editor at the Ottawa Citizen Mr. Bruce Garvey for ensuring that the Yugoslavian reports were given a fair measure of prominence. Boba Borojevic, Coordinator The Lord Byron Foundation, Canada STOP NOVOM SVETSKOM PORETKU ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrBE8.bVKZIq Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: archive@jab.org T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================