Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge the tireless work of the Crow's Nest Officers' Club in downtown St. John's. It is a living museum that overlooks the National War Memorial, where Newfoundland's unknown soldier was recently laid to rest.
The Crow's Nest is sharing stories and artifacts on the role that St. John's played in the victory of the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous battle of the Second World War, beginning at the opening days of the war in 1939 and ending almost six years later with Germany's surrender. The struggle for control of the North Atlantic came at a cost of over 1,600 Canadian and Newfoundlanders' lives lost.
The Crow's Nest is preserving and promoting the history of those brave men and women who fought so valiantly to defend and preserve freedom, all while remaining a welcoming place for all and a safe haven for allied navies.