[BCMA] PRESS RELEASE - Remembrance Week Celebrations at the Nanaimo Museum

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

November 4, 2010


Remembrance Week Celebrations

The Nanaimo Museum and the Nanaimo Military Museum are presenting a
joint Nanaimo Remembrance exhibit during Remembrance Week, from Tuesday,
November 9, through Saturday, November 13 to commemorate Remembrance
Day.  Admission to the museum will be free to all veterans during the
exhibit and the museum will be closed on November 11 in honour of
Remembrance Day.  

On display are posters, books, uniforms and artifacts from WWI, WWII,
Korea, Afghanistan and Peace Keeping Operations. The displays also
highlight the important role Nanaimo played during WWII. There are
audio/video displays from the Departments of Defense and Veteran
Affairs. Veterans and Armed Services personnel will be on hand to answer
questions.

The public is invited to join Veteran Frank Graves on Tuesday at 10 am
as he speaks to Nanaimo students about his post-war Peace Keeping
Mission in Cyprus. Those attending the talk will have the opportunity to
speak with veterans and handle some memorabilia. The public is also
invited to join Dr. Stephen Davies, of VIU's History Department at the
museum on Saturday, November 13 at 1 pm.    As Project Director for the
Canadian Letters and Images Project, he will talk about Veteran's
stories and "the culture of the war letter", and how these letters
provide a unique window into the past. 

For more information, please call Bobbi Williamson at 250-753-1821.

                                                            -- 30 -

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.vvv.com/pipermail/bcma/attachments/20101105/8117184b/attachment-0001.htm 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: PressRelease_Nov4_2010-REMEMBER.pdf
Type: application/octet-stream
Size: 31671 bytes
Desc: PressRelease_Nov4_2010-REMEMBER.pdf
Url : http://lists.vvv.com/pipermail/bcma/attachments/20101105/8117184b/attachment-0001.obj