This summer Mennonites will be commemorating the beginning of the Russlaender migration from the Soviet Union to Canada through the Memories of Migration: Russlaender 100 tour. The provincial societies constituting the Mennonite Historical Society of Canada have planned events across the country to memorialize this event that transformed the life trajectories of many families, forging new paths for our community. The purpose of the tour is not to reminisce, but to remember. To remember is to bear witness to pain experienced, to contemplate difficult decisions made, to acknowledge adversity weathered, to be thankful for unforeseen blessings bestowed. But to remember is only possible if we know our own history.