On June 5, 2019, a Métis Nation delegation attended the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery for a commemoration. The Governor General of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, and other dignitaries were also in attendance. On the same day, Frank Godon from Boissevain, Manitoba presented the uniform of his father, Francis, a prominent Métis Second World War veteran, to the Juno Beach Centre, a museum at the site Canadian soldiers landed on D-Day.
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