Bene Merenti De Patria

	Bene Merenti De Patria Bene merenti de patria is a silver medal created in 1923. It is awarded by the Quebec patriotic Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society to a "compatriot having rendered exceptional services to the homeland". Laureates 1924: Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie 1924: Laurent-Olivier David 1964: Sister Marie-Stéphane1964: Wilfrid Laurier 1965: Claude Champagne 1965: Lionel Daunais 1965: Aline Hector Perrier(fr) 1966: Annette Lasalle-Leduc1966: Jean Vallerand 1966: Eugène Lapierre 1968: Dr. Pierre Grondin 1970: Clermont Pépin 1972: Dr. Armand Frappier 1974: Gustave Bellefleur1975: Father Gustave Lamarche(fr) 1977: Raymond Barbeau 1977: Jean-Charles Bonenfant (posthumous) 1982: Séraphin Marion 1982: Jean Rougeau (known as Johnny Rougeau) 1983: Jeannine Séguin1987: Gilles Proulx 1989: Pierre-Louis Mallen (first non-Quebecer) 1990: Alice Poznanska-Parizeau (posthumous) 1991: La Bolduc, Mary Travers (known as La Bolduc, posthumous) 1992: Dollard Ménard and Eugenia Dias 1997: R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Medal A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be intended to be worn, suspended from clothing or jewellery in some way, although this has not always been the case. They may be struck like a coin by dies or die-cast in a mould. A medal may be awarded to a person or organisation as a form of recognition for sporting, military, scientific, cultural, academic, or various other achievements. Military awards and decorations are more precise terms for certain types of state decoration. Medals may also be created for sale to commemorate particular individuals or events, or as works of artistic expression in their own right. In the past, medals commissioned for an individual, typically with their portrait, were often used as a form of diplomatic or personal gift, with no sense of being an award for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gustave Lamarche Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to: * Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin Art, entertainment, and media * ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film * ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short cartoons * Gustav (''Zoids''), a transportation mecha in the ''Zoids'' fictional universe Gustav, a character in ''Sesamstraße'' Monsieur Gustav H., a leading character in ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' Weapons Carl Gustav recoilless rifle, dubbed "the Gustav" by US soldiers Schwerer Gustav, 800-mm German siege cannon used during World War II Other uses Gustav (pigeon), a pigeon of the RAF pigeon service in WWII Gustave (crocodile), a large male Nile crocodile in Burundi * Gustave, South Dakota * Hurricane Gustav (other), a name used for several tropical cyclones and storms Gustav, a streetwear clothing brand See also Gustav of Sweden (other) * Gustav Adolf (other) * Gustave Eiffel (other) * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Raymond Lévesque Raymond Lévesque (October 7, 1928 – February 15, 2021) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and poet from Quebec. One of the pioneers of the ''chansonnier'' tradition in Quebec, he was best known for writing " Quand les hommes vivront d'amour", one of the most famous pop standards in French-language popular music. Early life Lévesque was born in Montreal on October 7, 1928. He learned piano under Rodolphe Mathieu and drama under Madame Audet. Shortly after, he met his wife and they married soon after. Inspired by the work of Charles Trenet,"RAYMOND LÉVESQUE (1928 – …)" ''Star Québec'', March 31, 2013. he began writing songs in the 1940s and started performing in various cabaret s around Montr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Eugenia Dias ''Eugenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It has a worldwide, although highly uneven, distribution in tropical and subtropical regions. The bulk of the approximately 1,100 species occur in the New World tropics, especially in the northern Andes, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Forest (coastal forests) of eastern Brazil. Other centers of diversity include New Caledonia and Madagascar. Many of the species that occur in the Old World have received a new classification into the genus ''Syzygium''. All species are woody evergreen trees and shrubs. Several are grown as ornamental plants for their attractive glossy foliage, and a few produce edible fruit that are eaten fresh or used in jams and jellies. Taxonomy The genus was named in honor of Prince Eugene of Savoy. Many species new to science have been and are in the process of being described from these regions. For example, 37 new species of ''Eugenia'' have been described from Mesoamerica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Dollard Ménard Brigadier Dollard Ménard (7 March 1913 – 14 January 1997) was a senior officer in the Canadian Army. As a lieutenant colonel, he was wounded five times during the Dieppe Raid in 1942 while leading Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal. His story inspired a famous Canadian World War II poster ''Ce qu’il faut pour vaincre'' (What it takes to win). He was later made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. Since all of the other commanding officers were either killed or captured, he was the only commanding officer who had landed at Dieppe to return to Britain after the raid. Military career Upon graduation from the Royal Military College of Canada, student # 2290 in 1932, he received his lieutenant's commission in 1936 in the Royal 22e Régiment ("the Van Doos"). He served in India in the infantry, the cavalry and the tanks from 1938 to 1940 and took part in the Waziristan campaign. In March 1940, he was promoted to captain and joined the staff of the Inspector General for the Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	La Bolduc Mary Rose-Anne Bolduc, born Travers, (June 4, 1894 – February 20, 1941) was a musician and singer of French Canadian music. She was known as Madame Bolduc or La Bolduc. During the peak of her popularity in the 1930s, she was known as the ''Queen of Canadian Folk Singers''. Bolduc is often considered to be Quebec's first singer-songwriter. Her style combined the traditional folk music of Ireland and Quebec, usually in upbeat, comedic songs. Biography Childhood Mary Rose Anna Travers "La Bolduc" was born in Newport, Quebec, in the Gaspé region. Her father, Lawrence Travers, was an Anglophone of Irish heritage, and her mother, Adéline Cyr, was of mixed French Canadian and Mi'kmaq heritage. Her family included five full siblings, and an additional six half-siblings from her father's first marriage. Bolduc and her eleven siblings spoke English at home, but also spoke French fluently. The family was extremely poor, but Bolduc attended school for a time, becoming litera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alice Poznanska-Parizeau Alice Parizeau, OC (née Alicja Poznańska; 25 July 1930 – 30 September 1990) was a Polish-Canadian writer, essayist, journalist and criminologist. Early life Her parents were Stanislaw Poznański (1894 - 1943) and Rebeka (Bronislawa Breina) Kestenberg (1892-1943) Polish Jews murdered in the Holocaust, both in Otwock, Poland according to the testimony of Kestenberg's brother, Yehuda Adam Kestenberg, recorded in Yad Vashem. Stanislaw Poznański was the son of Karol Poznański and grandson of Izrael Poznański, a famous Polish-Jewish businessman, textile magnate and philanthropist ( Philanthropy) in Łódź. Born in Łuniniec, Poland, as a young girl Poznańska was associated with the Polish Home Army during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising during World War II, which led to her internment in the Bergen-Belsen prisoner of war camp and her receipt of a war medal following the war. Following the war Poznańska went to Paris to study at the Sorbonne, earning degrees in literature, law an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pierre-Louis Mallen Pierre-Louis or Pierre Louis is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name Pierre-Louis Bentabole (1756–1798), revolutionary Frenchman Pierre-Louis Billaudèle (1796–1869), priest from, and educated in, France who spent over 30 years of his service in Canada Pierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas, 1st Prince of Blacas (1771–1839), French antiquarian, nobleman and diplomat during the Bourbon Restoration Pierre Louis de Broglie (1892–1987), French physicist who made groundbreaking contributions to quantum theory Pierre Louis Napoleon Cavagnari KCB CSI (1841–1879), British military administrator Pierre Louis Alphée Cazenave (1795–1877), French dermatologist who practiced medicine at the Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris * Pierre Louis Antoine Cordier (1777–1861), French geologist and mineralogist, and a founder of the French Geological Society * Pierre-Louis Cretey (1635–1702), French baroque painter and one of the leading masters in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gilles Proulx Gilles Proulx (born April 5, 1940) is a Canadian radio and television host in the province of Quebec. His radio career began in 1962, notably working for CHMP-FM and currently for Quebecor and Radio Ville-Marie. A strong Quebec nationalist, known for his conservative views and criticism of the anglophone community, he’s published 153 opinion columns in the Le Journal de Montréal as of 2020. His brother, Jacques Proulx was the former morning man of another local station CKAC. Biography Gilles Proulx was born on April 5, 1940 and grew up in the Montreal neighbourhood of Verdun. Proulx holds a Bachelor's in communications from the Université du Québec à Montréal. He asserted that he earned a Master's in communications from Saint Louis University, in St. Louis, Missouri in 1986. On the January 10, 2007 episode of Les Francs-Tireurs on Télé-Québec he claimed that he did not actually earn the diploma. The show's research team inquired about his claim to the univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jeannine Séguin Jeannine is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Jeannine Altmeyer (born 1948), American operatic soprano Jeannine Baticle (1920–2014), French curator * Jeannine Burch (born 1968), Swiss television actress Jeannine Davis-Kimball (1929–2017), American archaeologist Jeannine Edwards (sportscaster), American sportscaster who works for ESPN Jeannine Garside (born 1978), rising star in women's boxing Jeannine Gramick (born 1942), Roman Catholic nun, co-founder of ''New Ways Ministry'' * Jeannine Haffner, singer and songwriter, wrote the song ''Yes We Can'' Jeannine Hall Gailey (born 1973), American poet Jeannine Oppewall (born 1946), American film art director Jeannine Parvati Baker (1949–2005), Yogini, midwife, herbalist, published author, and poet Jeannine Phillips, beauty queen from Lisbon, Connecticut; competed in Miss USA pageant Jeannine Savard, poet from New York state A jazz standard written by Duke Pearson with lyrics by Oscar Brown, Jr. See a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jean Rougeau Jean Rougeau (June 9, 1929 – May 25, 1983) was a professional wrestler better known as Johnny Rougeau. Rougeau started wrestling in 1951 as Johnny Rougeau after an amateur wrestling career. In 1956, he was joined by his brother, Jacques Rougeau, Sr. He is also the uncle to former wrestlers Jacques Rougeau and Raymond Rougeau who would go on to great fame in the World Wrestling Federation as the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers as well as Armand Rougeau whose full-time career was cut short by injury. He had feuds with Abdullah the Butcher, The Sheik, Ivan Koloff, Hans Schmidt and Killer Kowalski. He founded All-Star Wrestling in 1967. Amateur wrestling Rougeau began his amateur wrestling career in 1943. Professional wrestling career Rougeau was also one of the premier promoters in Quebec. In the late 60s, Rougeau gave Ivan Koloff his ring name. He mainly worked in Montreal but wrestled in Ohio, Ottawa, Texas, Detroit, Toronto, New York, Minnesota and Florida. Ice hockey Rougeau als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]