{"id":641365,"date":"2026-05-01T18:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641365\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:58:12","slug":"italian-liberation-day-montrealers-commemorate-81-years-since-end-of-world-war-ii-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641365\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Liberation Day:\u00a0Montrealers commemorate 81 years since end of World War II in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Italian-Montrealers commemorated Italian Liberation Day on Friday at the National Field of Honour in Pointe-Claire.<\/p>\n<p>Eighty-one years ago on May 2, 1945, World War II\u00a0came to an end in Italy with the complete surrender of Germany\u00a0to Allied forces, marking the defeat of Nazism\u00a0and Fascism. A few days later, on May 8, the war fully ended across\u00a0Europe.<\/p>\n<p>No Stone Left Alone Memorial Foundation organized Friday\u2019s event to honour the 29 Canadian Italians laid to rest at the National Field of Honour.<\/p>\n<p>Rocco Speranza, Quebec coordinator for the foundation said, the event is another opportunity for communities to honour veterans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemembrance (Day) usually falls on Nov. 11 for the general public and public to come but specifically throughout the years like today we\u2019re celebrating a mark in the liberation of Italy,\u201d Speranza said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApril 14, we had the remembrance for the Holocaust. So we\u2019re training different communities to come out here to the National Field of Honour and (pay) homage to the people from their communities because that\u2019s here to rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quebec Indepenent Senator Tony Loffreda says commemorations are important for the Italian-Canadian community and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFreedom for Italy, freedom for all of us. And we here in Canada, the Italo-Canadians are extremely proud, extremely proud to have Italian roots, Italian heritage and Italian values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very proud to represent the Italian-Canadian community, and I thank and commemorate all those soldiers that continue to serve and continue to make us proud both in Italy and in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-10-19-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-481369\" style=\"width:885px;height:auto\"  \/>Italian-Montrealers commemorated 81 years since Italian Liberation Day marking the end of WW II, at the National Field of Honour in Pointe-Claire on May 1, 2026 (Teresa Romano, OMNI News)<\/p>\n<p>Retired Canadian Armed Forces Sgt. Lech Kwasiborski said events like the Italian Liberation Day bring awareness to contributions of different communities to Canada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe try to portray to the community in Montreal, the different ethnic communities and what they\u2019ve contributed to Canada,\u201d Kwasiborski said. \u201cAs our allies during the First World War, the Italians were there and they were our allies in combat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we do not remember the errors of the past, how can we ever proceed to the future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-12-12-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-481371\" style=\"width:903px;height:auto\"  \/>Italian Liberation Day, which marks the end of WW II, at the National Field of Honour in Pointe-Claire where 28 Italian-Canadians are laid to rest, on May 1, 2026 (Teresa Romano, OMNI News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Italian-Montrealers commemorated Italian Liberation Day on Friday at the National Field of Honour in Pointe-Claire. 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