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Hi All,
If you live in the area or would like to find out more about Niagara's Military History, please drop by Lake St. Armouries for our:
3rd Annual Symposium - Niagara's Military Past and Present
Friday, November 6th & Saturday, November 7th, 2009
Lake Street Armouries, 81 Lake Sreet, St. Catharines, Ontario
Friday, Nov, 6th
7:30pm - Terry Copp, Wilfrid Laurier University
"The Last Great Battle: The Canadians in the Rhineland, Feb - Mar 1945"
Saturday, Nov 7th
8:15 am - Doors open - coffee
8:45-9am - Opening remarks
Heather Moran, Comap, Inc
"200 years of Peace: Celebrating the 1812 Bi-Centenial through Public History"
David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Brock University
"Robert Rogers: the Original Ranger"
James E. Elliot, Hamilton
"Strange Fatality: The battle of Stoney Creek, 1813"
James Wood, University of Victoria
"The Good Neighbours and Their "Undefended" Fence:
Canadian Militia Visits to the US before the First World War"
Mike Bechthold, Wilfred Laurier University
"The Candian Corps After Vimy: Fresnoy, May 1917"
Elizbeth Vlossak, Brock University
"Versailles 100 years Later: Why it is Still Important for Canadians"
12:45pm - 1:45pm LUNCH
1:45 -2:30pm
Geoffrey Hayes, University of Waterloo
"The Lincs' Third Generation: The Rhineland"
2:30 - 3:15pm
Lee Windsor, University of New Brunswick
"Winters in Kandahar: High Season for Canadian Reconstruction, 2006-09"
The conference will also feature book vendors (including Vanwell Publishing and the LCMSDS Press) and displays of military artifacts.
more can be seen at www.canadianmilitaryhistory.com
I myself have been to the previous two symposiums and have thoroughly enjoyed them. The speakers are always very knowledgable and keep your interest. I highly reccomend the symposium to anyone who is thinking of going.
If you live in the area or would like to find out more about Niagara's Military History, please drop by Lake St. Armouries for our:
3rd Annual Symposium - Niagara's Military Past and Present
Friday, November 6th & Saturday, November 7th, 2009
Lake Street Armouries, 81 Lake Sreet, St. Catharines, Ontario
Friday, Nov, 6th
7:30pm - Terry Copp, Wilfrid Laurier University
"The Last Great Battle: The Canadians in the Rhineland, Feb - Mar 1945"
Saturday, Nov 7th
8:15 am - Doors open - coffee
8:45-9am - Opening remarks
Session 1 - 1791 - 18-15
9:00am - 10:45 - Heather Moran, Comap, Inc
"200 years of Peace: Celebrating the 1812 Bi-Centenial through Public History"
David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Brock University
"Robert Rogers: the Original Ranger"
James E. Elliot, Hamilton
"Strange Fatality: The battle of Stoney Creek, 1813"
Session 2 - 1900 - 1919
11:00am - 12:45pmJames Wood, University of Victoria
"The Good Neighbours and Their "Undefended" Fence:
Canadian Militia Visits to the US before the First World War"
Mike Bechthold, Wilfred Laurier University
"The Candian Corps After Vimy: Fresnoy, May 1917"
Elizbeth Vlossak, Brock University
"Versailles 100 years Later: Why it is Still Important for Canadians"
12:45pm - 1:45pm LUNCH
Session3 - The Second World War
1:45 -2:30pm
Geoffrey Hayes, University of Waterloo
"The Lincs' Third Generation: The Rhineland"
Session 4 - Afghanistan
2:30 - 3:15pm
Lee Windsor, University of New Brunswick
"Winters in Kandahar: High Season for Canadian Reconstruction, 2006-09"
The conference will also feature book vendors (including Vanwell Publishing and the LCMSDS Press) and displays of military artifacts.
more can be seen at www.canadianmilitaryhistory.com
I myself have been to the previous two symposiums and have thoroughly enjoyed them. The speakers are always very knowledgable and keep your interest. I highly reccomend the symposium to anyone who is thinking of going.
