In July of 1941, Second World War was fiercely a-raging. Jim Morell, native son of Newcastle, New Brunswick, was getting ready for the big departure. His farewells to his sweetheart, Vesta, were filled with hope: they tore a dollar bill in two and promised to join both halves when they would reunite…and then happily spent the next 60 years in each others company.

If war has a story to tell, so do the people who lived it…

In June of 2011, Mark O’Neill was named president and CEO of the corporation responsible for both the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum. As successor to Victor Rabinovitch, O’Neill plans to further deepen the important relationship between our national museum of military history and its visitors.

A segment of the Berlin Wall is now on permanent display at the Canadian War Museum. Standing 3.6-metres tall and weighing 3.5 tonnes, the imposing artifact also highlights Canada’s role in the Cold War.