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Showing posts with label march. Show all posts
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Making History Contagious 2019 History Symposium
2019 History Symposium
Making History Contagious: Deconstructing the Past
March 23rd, 2019 Central Library, London, ON
Keynote:
Ted Barris: Dambusters: Canadian Airmen and the Secret Raid Against Nazi
Seminars: For further topic and speaker information, other activites, timings and, especially,
registration, please visit: http://www.historysymposium.com/
Larry Barnard: Close Quarter Enemies: Dealing with Vermin in the WWI Trenches
Betsy Bayshore: Women’s Attire in the US and Canada, 1800-1818
David Blain, Robert Norton & Robert Sacco: An Overview of the Roman Imperial Army
Jeff Brown: First World War Fashion Show
Tim Compeau: “A New Batch of Ships”: British Experiments in Naval Technology and Challenges of
Frontier Warfare inCanada, 1812-1815
Mark Dickerson: You Want the Tooth? You Can’t Handle the Tooth!
Yvonne Drebert: Exploring our Stories Through Film: The Bruce
Rosalyn Elm: The Longhouse and the Chapel: Reclaiming our Spiritual Birthright Between the Tension of
History and Reality
Steve Hartwick: The Pursuit of Mons: A Modern Cavalryman’s Journey Down a Hundred Year Old
Corridor
Patrick Kinghan: Impressions of History: Reenactment and Teaching the Past
Jordan Kipp: Keep the Powder Burning: Reloading and Maintenance of Antique and Vintage Firearms
Tracy Macdonnell: A Passing Obsession: The British Fife and Buttrey Manuscript
Al McGregor Can History Pay?
Susan Smart: Death and Burial in 19th Century Ontario
Susan Spencer: Period Hand Stitchery Secrets
Georgiana Stanciu: The Story Behind the Royal Canadian Regiment Museum: a “museum room” at the
Infantry School Corps Building in London, Ontario
Glenn Stott: Last Invasion: McArthur’s Raid
Lynne Stott: A Quilting Workshop
George Wells: The Enemy in Your Pants
Barbara Whelan Of Warp and Weft: A Timeline of Fabric Production
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Tomorrow is Norm Christie in West Lorne!
Don't forget that we are hosting an evening with author and Canadian Historian, Norm Christie, tomorrow at the Legion in West Lorne. Friday, March 24, 2017 Doors open at 6:30pm with program start at 7pm. You can still get tickets in advance by calling the office 519-762-3072 (leave a voice mail if necessary and we'll return your call), email info@backuspagehouse.ca or purchase online http://backuspagehouse.ca/event/norm-christie-canadians-in-the-great-war/
Tickets will be available at the door for $15.00.
Tickets will be available at the door for $15.00.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Do You Have Your Norm Christie Tickets Yet?
Tickets are going fast for our Evening with Norm Christie on March 24, 2017. Click here to purchase your ticket online or call Backus-Page House Museum 519-762-3072. Event takes place at the Royal Canadian Legion in West Lorne at 7pm, doors open at 6:30pm.
Tyrconnell Heritage Society presents An Evening with Norm Christie, Canada's #1 expert on battlefields and cemeteries of both World Wars. Norm will speak at 7pm at the Royal Canadian Legion in West Lorne with question and answer period to follow. His focus will be on Canadians in The Great War. He will have his books available for sale and signing too. Refreshments available for purchase in the Legion's bar.
Tickets in advance are $10 and $15 at the door (if any seats are available).
All ticket proceeds will go towards the Backus-Page House Museum, operated by Tyrconnell Heritage Society. 519-762-3072
About Norm Christie: Masters of War; The Canadians in The Great War
Norm Christie outlines the history of the development of the Canadian Corps from the early days in 1915-16 as inexperienced Colonials, to 1917-18 when they became the most effective fighting force on the Western Front. It started with Canada's most famous battle at Vimy Ridge, when, against all odds, they captured the strongest German position on the Western Front. Who was responsible for these developments; how did they come about; How did this incredible transformation happen? Norm explains the players and their personalities that made it happen and how their success and confidence brought about changes that made the Canadians completely different to the British and Australian Armies? And how, after all their sacrifices and accomplishments, were they forgotten?
Norm Christie is the acclaimed television host of several History Channel Documentary series including: King & Empire, King & Country, Lost Battlefields, Striking Back, Secret Liberators, In Korea and Battlefield Mysteries. He has travelled the World following in the footsteps of Canada's soldiers, from Sicily to France, to Spain, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea. In addition Norm has written 21 books on the Canadians in the First and Second World Wars, including the 10 volume For King & Empire Series on which the TV Series was based.
A metallurgical engineer by trade, Norm Christie was Chief Records Officer of the CWGC in the UK, and their Administration Officer in Arras, France for 5 years. He has been taking Tours to the old battlefields for more than 20 years. Norm is recognized as Canada's No.1 expert on the battlefields and cemeteries of the two World Wars.
Norm's most recent work includes the three volume series; Sacred Places (Canadian Cemeteries of the Great War), For Our Old Comrades (The Story of the Vimy Pilgrimage), and the 6 hour TV series, The Great War Tour with Norm Christie (TVO & Knowledge Network). His current projects include a 1 hour show, The Wounded, and the search for the missing Vimy cemetery, CA40, containing the remains of 44 Canadian soldiers, including William Milne, VC
Tickets in advance are $10 and $15 at the door (if any seats are available).
All ticket proceeds will go towards the Backus-Page House Museum, operated by Tyrconnell Heritage Society. 519-762-3072
About Norm Christie: Masters of War; The Canadians in The Great War
Norm Christie outlines the history of the development of the Canadian Corps from the early days in 1915-16 as inexperienced Colonials, to 1917-18 when they became the most effective fighting force on the Western Front. It started with Canada's most famous battle at Vimy Ridge, when, against all odds, they captured the strongest German position on the Western Front. Who was responsible for these developments; how did they come about; How did this incredible transformation happen? Norm explains the players and their personalities that made it happen and how their success and confidence brought about changes that made the Canadians completely different to the British and Australian Armies? And how, after all their sacrifices and accomplishments, were they forgotten?
Norm Christie is the acclaimed television host of several History Channel Documentary series including: King & Empire, King & Country, Lost Battlefields, Striking Back, Secret Liberators, In Korea and Battlefield Mysteries. He has travelled the World following in the footsteps of Canada's soldiers, from Sicily to France, to Spain, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea. In addition Norm has written 21 books on the Canadians in the First and Second World Wars, including the 10 volume For King & Empire Series on which the TV Series was based.
A metallurgical engineer by trade, Norm Christie was Chief Records Officer of the CWGC in the UK, and their Administration Officer in Arras, France for 5 years. He has been taking Tours to the old battlefields for more than 20 years. Norm is recognized as Canada's No.1 expert on the battlefields and cemeteries of the two World Wars.
Norm's most recent work includes the three volume series; Sacred Places (Canadian Cemeteries of the Great War), For Our Old Comrades (The Story of the Vimy Pilgrimage), and the 6 hour TV series, The Great War Tour with Norm Christie (TVO & Knowledge Network). His current projects include a 1 hour show, The Wounded, and the search for the missing Vimy cemetery, CA40, containing the remains of 44 Canadian soldiers, including William Milne, VC
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