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This Military Lecture by Thomas Littlewood presents new research which reconsiders our understandings of Second World War memorials, when they were built, and what they mean.
In this exploratory episode of History Bites, Lt. Col. John McCrae experts Bev Dietrich and Linda Granfield chat about recent discoveries in their ongoing research into his life and times.
For more than three decades, successive Canadian governments have tied themselves in knots to justify the sale of Canadian-produced weapons to Saudi Arabia. Yet the Saudi sales are only the latest chapter in a history of arms sales to conflict regions which extends back to the Second World War, and includes customers from all over the world.
In this episode of It Happened Here, Education Coordinator Ken Irvine explores the history of horse racing in Guelph beginning in 1847.
Using a community-curation and crowd-sourcing framework, Guelph Museums’ invited members, volunteers, and staff to select an item from the museum’s collection for display. The exhibition, Call & Response: Querying the Collection, highlights what they are most interested in and why.
The Guelph Pipe Band celebrates 100 years of continuous activity in 2022! Join Guelph Museums Curator Dawn Owen as she chats with members of the Guelph Pipe Band about their past, present, and future in Guelph, ON and beyond.
Drawing from her research on both the Canadian and wider Commonwealth armies, Megan’s presentation will explain why soldiers’ morale in Second World War training was a difficult, yet vital, balancing act.
Banner Image: Royal Opera House Performance, c. 1899. 2009.32.1893, Guelph Museums In this episode of It Happened Here, Education Coordinator Ken Irvine shines a spotlight on the stages and screens of Guelph, past and present. This episode premiered on Feburary 2, 2023 on YouTube. Watch the episode: https://youtu.be/KIdj54BVO48
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