[Bcma-l] War Museum
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I do not see a discussion issue here.
The only issue is wither or not museums can or can not present history =
in an objective way without lobbying interference.
Larry A. Ewashen, Curator & General Manager
The Doukhobor Discovery Centre
112 Heritage Way, Castlegar V1N 4M5
1-250-365-5327
www.Doukhobor-Museum.org
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From: bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca=20
To: bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca=20
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 12:42 PM
Subject: RE: [Bcma-l] War Museum
September 4, 2007
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Dear Colleagues:
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I have had a deluge of material about the war museum, but no =
contextual content as to the reason why the discussion is going on. If =
we are to have a coherent discussion of anything, the full context must =
be laid out in the argument for or against or to whatever position is =
taken. I see that Colin MacGregor has also not seen what prompted the =
comments, but put forward a kindly directional essay.
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I suggest that the moderator return comments to the authors of list =
serve material when the context is not included in the body of their =
text. The other possibility is to have a place where these types of =
discussions can take place where the context of the discussion is =
accessible. Perhaps the BCMA should look at structuring the material in =
the list serve into categories of interest - jobs, announcements, =
discussions are prominent elements of what goes on the list serve. =20
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W. (Bill) G. Quackenbush, Curator
Barkerville Historic Town,
Box 19, Barkerville, B.C. V0K 1B0
bill.quackenbush@barkerville.ca
visit - www.barkerville.ca for general information
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From: bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca =
[mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca]=20
Sent: September 4, 2007 11:15 AM
To: bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca
Cc: Dan Gallacher
Subject: Re: [Bcma-l] War Museum
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Well, I saw the exhibit as recently as the end of March, and re-read =
the text carefully. Mainly I was re-familiarizing myself in preparation =
for an illustrated talk on the War Museum per se to the RCAF Ass'n, and =
knew I'd be challenged about that display in particular. The fact that =
I'd flown in the RCAF years ago just made both my own interest more =
acute and my own position more precarious.. As I've said, its worth =
writing a brief expository article from a museological point of view =
with an aim of describing ways and means of avoiding such trouble =
without seriously compromising historical accuracy. More later . . . .
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Dan G.
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From: bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca=20
To: bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca=20
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 3:35 PM
Subject: RE: [Bcma-l] War Museum
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Larry's memo does not tell the full context of his concern about the =
Canadian War Museum, but I deduce that he was talking about the Canadian =
War Museum's exhibit on the bomber offensive in World War II, how it =
upset the WWII veterans, how the museum refused to change the wording, =
and how the Director Joe Guertz is not longer employed there.=20
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I shall start off by saying that although I have visited the new CWM =
(as well as the two previous incarnations of it), I am not familiar with =
the exhibit in question and I suspect that the other gentlemen have not =
either. I do not have any information on the exhibit in question, the =
disputed phrases, or the appropriateness (or not) of the staff change.
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Although I am very much in favour of museums telling the truth and =
not being dictated to, this is not a simple black and white issue. Like =
the term "Freedom of the Press" there are many shades of grey. I =
encourage museum colleagues to stop and think and not do a knee jerk =
reaction by grabbing a flag and heading for the barricades.
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I believe that there are several issues to be careful of including:=20
=B7 Political correctness (e.g. Parks Canada renaming the =
Northwest Rebellion as the Northwest Resistance; the pressure put on the =
Smithsonian to not display the newly restored B-29 bomber "Enola Gay =
that had dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan)
=B7 The benefit of hindsight (You should have steered into the =
skid .)
=B7 Making a judgment from the comfort of one's armchair more =
than half a century after the events when we are not subject to the same =
pressures. They were fighting a World War for survival. For the people =
of Canada a quicker victory meant that one's spouse, sons and daughters =
etc. in the services might survive long enough to come home safely. If =
they had lost that war, I would be writing this message in German or =
Japanese. No . come to think of it, if that had happened, I would not be =
allowed to write this message at all. I probably would not be here as my =
father, a Commando officer, would most likely have been executed as a =
war criminal.=20
=B7 Mistakenly assuming that wars are fought according to =
rules. Canadians have not been at war very often and are so used to =
thinking in terms of Peacekeeping roles and rules.=20
=20
Perhaps a modern fictitious analogy might help relate to the =
different perspective that hindsight creates: Questioning a police =
officer why they shot and killed a teenage boy who was after all only =
pointing an unloaded handgun at his hostage in a bank robbery. You now =
know it was unloaded, but AT THE TIME the officer did not and could not =
know that and reacted appropriately.=20
=20
US Marine Corps General "Chesty" Puller was the most highly =
decorated and respected USMC officer ever. After fighting in several =
wars he was attending West Point Military Academy as a student. The =
lecturer stated that the true history of the Korean War could not be =
written for at least 20 years, when the secret documents were =
declassified. Chesty spoke up and adamantly said that the opposite was =
true because by then the stories would have faded, and attitudes would =
have changed. (The story may be found in the book MARINE - The above is =
from memory. Chesty led his men out of the Chosin Reservoir where they =
suffered tremendous casualties in the bitter cold and fighting.)
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As an empirical test I suggest you do the following. Look at modern =
history books about Canada in World War II. Now find the red hardcover =
book on the Photographic History of the Canadian Army 1939-1945 which =
was published immediately after WWII. You will find the treatment is =
VERY different. The modern books are written in hindsight and the =
self-censorship has taken its toll. The Immediate post-war book has gory =
pictures of enemy dead, of Canadian dead and of concentration camp =
victims and survivors. I still have the Toronto special insert from 1945 =
showing pages of concentration camp photos - many of which have never =
been published since.=20
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As a museum Curator I have been ordered not to display certain items =
and naturally did not like it. I do realize however that there are a lot =
of revisionist history exhibits out there that I do not like either =
sometimes. Each case must be looked at on its own merits, not in a =
simple knee jerk reaction. I do not know how I would feel about the CWM =
display text as I have not seen it. I might support Joe Geurtz, the =
former CWM Director, or I might be on the other side requesting changes =
or failing that, a resignation.=20
=20
Colin MacGregor Stevens,
Manager,
New Westminster Museum and Archives,
302 Royal Avenue,
New Westminster, BC,=20
V3L 1H7
=20
Phone Office: 604-527-4639
Work Cellular : 604-830-6965
Fax: 604-527-4641
E-mail: cstevens@newwestcity.ca=20
Web Site: www.newwestminster.ca=20
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From: bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca =
[mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca]=20
Sent: August 31, 2007 12:18 PM
To: bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca
Cc: larryewashen@telus.net
Subject: Re: [Bcma-l] War Museum
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Wholehearted support for Larry's suggestion. We must continue to =
recount, retell and depict history as accurately as possible, presenting =
it as closely to the way it happened as possible, NOT the way someone or =
some group wanted it to be. An incorrect legacy IS no legacy; a =
dangerous situation.
=20
Apologies for my over-stating the obvious,
=20
Steve Bender
Manager, BC Interior Forestry Museum
Box 419 Revelstoke BC V0E 2S0
Ph. 250 837 8078
Email forestrymuseumrev@telus.net=20
Email; forestrymuseum@revelstoke.net
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From: bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca=20
To: bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca=20
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 4:37 PM
Subject: [Bcma-l] War Museum
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I believe that BC Museums and CMA should lend what little weight =
they have in support of the War Museums independent ability to present =
history.
The idea of political and single interest groups lobbying in such =
a case is reprehensible, and I believe we should make our views known.
In a land where people died over the issue of free speech, where =
is it, and where is the free [and independent prerogative] in doing our =
job objectively?
Our museum was subjected to such pressure and caved in due to an =
in-camera meeting by our city council, which went on to dictate as to =
what we could or could not exhibit. No members of the public or =
delegations were allowed to debate such an important issue.
To our shame, we accepted their ultimatum in, but it still does =
not destroy the principle and concept of museum independence,.
Our alternative would have been to close the museum.
This is an important issue and I am surprised that I have not =
heard any pronouncements about this by our museum organizations.
Are we too busy planning conferences and workshops and patting =
ourselves on the back to pay attention to such an important issue?
Larry A. Ewashen, Curator & General Manager
The Doukhobor Discovery Centre
112 Heritage Way, Castlegar V1N 4M5
1-250-365-5327
www.Doukhobor-Museum.org
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond" color=3D#808000>I do not =
see a=20
discussion issue here.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond" color=3D#808000>The only =
issue is=20
wither or not museums can or can not present history in an objective way =
without=20
lobbying interference.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Larry A. Ewashen, Curator & General Manager<BR>The Doukhobor =
Discovery=20
Centre<BR>112 Heritage Way, Castlegar V1N 4M5<BR>1-250-365-5327<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.Doukhobor-Museum.org">www.Doukhobor-Museum.org</A><BR>=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Dbcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca=20
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title=3Dbcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 04, =
2007 12:42=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bcma-l] War =
Museum</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dblue =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
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2007<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dblue =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue">Dear=20
Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3D3><SPAN=20
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dblue =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue">I have had a deluge of material =
about the=20
war museum, but no contextual content as to the reason why the =
discussion is=20
going on. If we are to have a coherent discussion of anything, =
the full=20
context must be laid out in the argument for or against or to whatever =
position is taken. I see that Colin MacGregor has also not seen =
what=20
prompted the comments, but put forward a kindly directional=20
essay.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dblue =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
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blue"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dblue =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue">I suggest that the moderator =
return=20
comments to the authors of list serve material when the context is not =
included in the body of their text. The other possibility is to =
have a=20
place where these types of discussions can take place where the =
context of the=20
discussion is accessible. Perhaps the BCMA should look at =
structuring=20
the material in the list serve into categories of interest =96 jobs,=20
announcements, discussions are prominent elements of what goes on the =
list=20
serve. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dblue =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
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blue"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dblue =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue">W. (Bill) G. Quackenbush,=20
Curator<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dblue =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue">Barkerville Historic=20
Town,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><st1:address w:st=3D"on"><st1:Street =
w:st=3D"on"><FONT=20
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blue">Box</SPAN></FONT></st1:Street><FONT=20
color=3Dblue><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: blue"> =
19</SPAN></FONT></st1:address><FONT=20
color=3Dblue><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: blue">, Barkerville, B.C. V0K =
1B0<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dblue =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
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blue">bill.quackenbush@barkerville.ca<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dblue =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue">visit - www.barkerville.ca for =
general=20
information<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> September 4, =
2007=20
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style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Dan Gallacher<BR><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Bcma-l] =
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Well, I saw the exhibit =
as=20
recently as the end of March, and re-read the text carefully. Mainly I =
was=20
re-familiarizing myself in preparation for an illustrated talk on the=20
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">War</st1:PlaceName>=20
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> =
<EM><I><FONT=20
face=3DArial><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">per =
se</SPAN></FONT></I></EM> to=20
the RCAF Ass'n, and knew I'd be challenged about that display in =
particular.=20
The fact that I'd flown in the RCAF years ago just made both my own =
interest=20
more acute and my own position more precarious.. As I've said, its =
worth=20
writing a brief expository article from a museological point of view=20
with an aim of describing ways and means of avoiding such trouble =
without=20
seriously compromising historical accuracy. More later . . .=20
.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"> <A=20
title=3Dbcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca=20
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href=3D"mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca">bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.b=
c.ca</A>=20
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><B><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">To:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"> <A=20
title=3Dbcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca=20
=
href=3D"mailto:bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca">bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca</A>=20
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><B><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">Sent:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"> Friday,=20
August 31, 2007 3:35 PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><B><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">Subject:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"> RE:=20
[Bcma-l] <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">War</st1:PlaceName>=20
<st1:PlaceType=20
=
w:st=3D"on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></=
P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Larry=92s =
memo does=20
not tell the full context of his concern about the Canadian War =
Museum, but=20
I deduce that he was talking about the Canadian War Museum=92s =
exhibit on the=20
bomber offensive in World War II, how it upset the WWII veterans, =
how the=20
museum refused to change the wording, and how the Director Joe =
Guertz is not=20
longer employed there. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I shall =
start off=20
by saying that although I have visited the new CWM (as well as the =
two=20
previous incarnations of it), I am not familiar with the exhibit in =
question=20
and I suspect that the other gentlemen have not either. I do =
not have=20
any information on the exhibit in question, the disputed phrases, or =
the=20
appropriateness (or not) of the staff =
change.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Although =
I am very=20
much in favour of museums telling the truth and not being dictated =
to, this=20
is not a simple black and white issue. Like the term =93Freedom of =
the Press=94=20
there are many shades of grey. I encourage museum colleagues to stop =
and=20
think and not do a knee jerk reaction by grabbing a flag and heading =
for the=20
barricades.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I believe =
that=20
there are several issues to be careful of including:=20
</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 21.6pt"><FONT =
face=3DSymbol color=3Dnavy=20
size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Symbol">=B7</SPAN></FONT><FONT=20
color=3Dnavy size=3D1><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: =
navy"> =20
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Political =
correctness (e.g. Parks Canada renaming the Northwest Rebellion as =
the=20
Northwest Resistance; the pressure put on the Smithsonian to not =
display the=20
newly restored B-29 bomber =93Enola Gay that had dropped the first =
atomic bomb=20
on Japan)</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 21.6pt"><FONT =
face=3DSymbol color=3Dnavy=20
size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Symbol">=B7</SPAN></FONT><FONT=20
color=3Dnavy size=3D1><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: =
navy"> =20
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The =
benefit of=20
hindsight (You should have steered into the skid=20
=85)</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 21.6pt"><FONT =
face=3DSymbol color=3Dnavy=20
size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Symbol">=B7</SPAN></FONT><FONT=20
color=3Dnavy size=3D1><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: =
navy"> =20
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"> Making a=20
judgment from the comfort of one=92s armchair more than half a =
century after=20
the events when we are not subject to the same pressures. They were =
fighting=20
a World War for survival. For the people of <st1:country-region=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region> a=20
quicker victory meant that one=92s spouse, sons and daughters etc. =
in the=20
services might survive long enough to come home safely. If they had =
lost=20
that war, I would be writing this message in German or Japanese. No =
=85 come=20
to think of it, if that had happened, I would not be allowed to =
write this=20
message at all. I probably would not be here as my father, a =
Commando=20
officer, would most likely have been executed as a war criminal.=20
</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 21.6pt"><FONT =
face=3DSymbol color=3Dnavy=20
size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Symbol">=B7</SPAN></FONT><FONT=20
color=3Dnavy size=3D1><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: =
navy"> =20
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">Mistakenly assuming=20
that wars are fought according to rules. Canadians have not been at =
war very=20
often and are so used to thinking in terms of Peacekeeping roles and =
rules.=20
</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Perhaps a =
modern=20
fictitious analogy might help relate to the different perspective =
that=20
hindsight creates: Questioning a police officer why they shot and =
killed a=20
teenage boy who was after all only pointing an unloaded handgun at =
his=20
hostage in a bank robbery. You now know it was unloaded, but AT THE =
TIME the=20
officer did not and could not know that and reacted appropriately.=20
</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">US Marine =
Corps=20
General =93Chesty=94 Puller was the most highly decorated and =
respected USMC=20
officer ever. After fighting in several wars he was attending =
<st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">West Point</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceName=20
w:st=3D"on">Military</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">Academy</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> as a student. The =
lecturer=20
stated that the true history of the Korean War could not be written =
for at=20
least 20 years, when the secret documents were declassified. Chesty =
spoke up=20
and adamantly said that the opposite was true because by then the =
stories=20
would have faded, and attitudes would have changed. (The story may =
be found=20
in the book MARINE =96 The above is from memory. Chesty led his men =
out of the=20
Chosin Reservoir where they suffered tremendous casualties in the =
bitter=20
cold and fighting.)</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As an =
empirical=20
test I suggest you do the following. Look at modern history books =
about=20
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region> in World War II. =
Now find=20
the red hardcover book on the Photographic History of the Canadian =
Army=20
1939-1945 which was published immediately after WWII. You will find =
the=20
treatment is VERY different. The modern books are written in =
hindsight and=20
the self-censorship has taken its toll. The Immediate post-war book =
has gory=20
pictures of enemy dead, of Canadian dead and of concentration camp =
victims=20
and survivors. I still have the <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on">Toronto</st1:place></st1:City> special insert from 1945 =
showing=20
pages of concentration camp photos =96 many of which have never been =
published=20
since. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As a =
museum Curator=20
I have been ordered not to display certain items and naturally did =
not like=20
it. I do realize however that there are a lot of revisionist history =
exhibits out there that I do not like either sometimes. Each =
case must=20
be looked at on its own merits, not in a simple knee jerk reaction. =
I do not=20
know how I would feel about the CWM display text as I have not seen =
it. I=20
might support Joe Geurtz, the former CWM Director, or I might be on =
the=20
other side requesting changes or failing that, a resignation.=20
</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoAutoSig><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dnavy =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Colin MacGregor=20
Stevens,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoAutoSig><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dnavy =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: =
navy">Manager,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoAutoSig><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dnavy size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">New=20
Westminster</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceName><FONT color=3Dnavy><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: navy"> <st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT=20
color=3Dnavy><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: navy"> and=20
Archives,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoAutoSig><st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address =
w:st=3D"on"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dnavy size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">302 Royal=20
Avenue</SPAN></FONT></st1:address></st1:Street><FONT =
color=3Dnavy><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: navy">,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoAutoSig><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dnavy size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">New=20
Westminster</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT color=3Dnavy><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: navy">, <st1:State=20
w:st=3D"on">BC</st1:State></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT =
color=3Dnavy><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: navy">, </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoAutoSig><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dnavy =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">V3L =
1H7</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoAutoSig><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoAutoSig><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dnavy =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Phone =
Office: =20
604-527-4639</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoAutoSig><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dnavy =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Work Cellular :=20
604-830-6965</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoAutoSig><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dnavy =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: =
navy">Fax: &nb=
sp; =20
604-527-4641</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoAutoSig><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">E-mail: =
<A=20
href=3D"mailto:cstevens@newwestcity.ca">cstevens@newwestcity.ca</A>=20
</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoAutoSig><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3Dnavy =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Web Site: <A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.newwestminster.ca">www.newwestminster.ca</A></SPAN></F=
ONT><FONT=20
color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">=20
</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=3DTahoma =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original=20
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: =
bold">From:</SPAN></B>=20
bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca =
[mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca]=20
<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> August 31, =
2007=20
12:18 PM<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>=20
<st1:PersonName=20
w:st=3D"on">bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> =
larryewashen@telus.net<BR><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Bcma-l] =
<st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">War</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceType=20
=
w:st=3D"on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></=
P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=3D"Times =
New Roman"=20
size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Wholehearted support =
for Larry's=20
suggestion. We must continue to recount, retell and depict =
history as=20
accurately as possible, presenting it as closely to =
the way it=20
happened as possible, NOT the way someone or some group wanted it to =
be. An=20
incorrect legacy IS no legacy; a dangerous=20
situation.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=3D"Times =
New Roman"=20
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Apologies for my=20
over-stating</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">the=20
obvious,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=3D"Times =
New Roman"=20
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Steve =
Bender<BR>Manager, BC=20
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Interior</st1:PlaceName>=20
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Forestry</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><BR><st1:address=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:Street w:st=3D"on">Box 419</st1:Street> =
<st1:City=20
w:st=3D"on">Revelstoke</st1:City> <st1:State=20
w:st=3D"on">BC</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode =
w:st=3D"on">V0E=20
2S0</st1:PostalCode></st1:address><BR>Ph. 250 837 =
8078<BR>Email <A=20
=
href=3D"mailto:forestrymuseumrev@telus.net">forestrymuseumrev@telus.net</=
A>=20
<BR>Email; <A=20
=
href=3D"mailto:forestrymuseum@revelstoke.net">forestrymuseum@revelstoke.n=
et</A></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE=20
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face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
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Arial">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"> <A=20
title=3Dbcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca=20
=
href=3D"mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca">bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.b=
c.ca</A>=20
</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><B><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">To:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"> <A=20
title=3Dbcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca=20
=
href=3D"mailto:bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca">bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca</A>=20
</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><B><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">Sent:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">=20
Thursday, August 30, 2007 4:37 =
PM</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
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face=3DArial=20
size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">Subject:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">=20
[Bcma-l] <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">War</st1:PlaceName>=20
<st1:PlaceType=20
=
w:st=3D"on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></=
P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT =
face=3D"Times New Roman"=20
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi" color=3Dgreen size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: green; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin =
Gothic Demi'">I=20
believe that BC Museums and CMA should lend what little weight =
they have=20
in support of the War Museums independent ability to present=20
history.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi" color=3Dgreen size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: green; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin =
Gothic Demi'">The=20
idea of political and single interest groups lobbying in such a =
case is=20
reprehensible, and I believe we should make our views=20
known.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi" color=3Dgreen size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: green; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin =
Gothic Demi'">In=20
a land where people died over the issue of free speech, where is =
it, and=20
where is the free [and independent prerogative] in doing our job=20
objectively?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi" color=3Dgreen size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: green; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin =
Gothic Demi'">Our=20
museum was subjected to such pressure and caved in due to an =
in-camera=20
meeting by our city council, which went on to dictate as to what =
we could=20
or could not exhibit. No members of the public or delegations were =
allowed=20
to debate such an important =
issue.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi" color=3Dgreen size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: green; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin =
Gothic Demi'">To=20
our shame, we accepted their ultimatum in, but it still =
does not=20
destroy the principle and concept of museum=20
independence,.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi" color=3Dgreen size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: green; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin =
Gothic Demi'">Our alternative=20
would have been to close the =
museum.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi" color=3Dgreen size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: green; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin =
Gothic Demi'">This=20
is an important issue and I am surprised that I have not heard any =
pronouncements about this by our museum=20
organizations.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi" color=3Dgreen size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: green; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin =
Gothic Demi'">Are=20
we too busy planning conferences and workshops and patting =
ourselves on=20
the back to pay attention to such an important=20
issue?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Franklin Gothic Demi" color=3Dgreen size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: green; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin =
Gothic Demi'">Larry=20
A. Ewashen, Curator & General Manager<BR>The Doukhobor =
Discovery=20
Centre<BR><st1:address w:st=3D"on"><st1:Street w:st=3D"on">112 =
Heritage=20
Way</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st=3D"on">Castlegar</st1:City> =
<st1:PostalCode=20
w:st=3D"on">V1N =
4M5</st1:PostalCode></st1:address><BR>1-250-365-5327<BR><A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.Doukhobor-Museum.org">www.Doukhobor-Museum.org</A></SP=
AN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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