[BCMA] Osoyoos Museum Society News Release

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                                        News Release
 

Osoyoos, March 15, 2013

The Osoyoos Museum Society proudly announces the opening of our travelling exhibit The War of 1812 in the West: The Oregon Country Legacy.  

This fall, 200 years ago, a little-known event at Fort Astoria, Oregon, prevented conflict in the Pacific Northwest during the War of 1812. Ramifications of this event came close to resulting in a later war between Great Britain and the United States. This exhibit tells the story of what happened in the West as a result of the War of 1812. 

Osoyoos Museum Executive Director/Curator Ken Favrholdt will present an illustrated lecture on The War of 1812 in the West on Wednesday, March 20 from 7-8 p.m.

Starting in late April the exhibit will be travelling to other museums in B.C.  Another version of the exhibit - a bilingual banner display - will also be travelling to different venues in B.C. Dates and locations to be announced.

For further information, contact: 

Ken Favrholdt, Executive Director/Curator
Osoyoos & District Museum and Archives
19 Park Place, Box 791
Osoyoos, BC
V0H 1V0
Ph. 250-495-2582
e-mail: museum1 at vip.net 
www.osoyoosmuseum.ca

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