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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Denise Marsh <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 05, 2017 12:20 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Barbara Bell<br>
<b>Subject:</b> PRESS RELEASE: Greater Vernon Museum & Archives presents "Soldiers & Settlers: Early History of the Canadian Militia in the Okanagan Valley"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">January 5, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:black">Soldiers & Settlers: Early History of the Canadian Militia in the Okanagan Valley<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">Location:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt"> Greater Vernon Museum & Archives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">Dates:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">Thursday January 19, 2017 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Admission: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">By donation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Our new Speaker Series will ring in the New Year with a bang Thursday January 19<sup>th</sup> with a presentation given by Dr. Jim Wood, UBC Okanagan History Professor. His talk,
entitled, “Soldiers and Settlers: Early History of the Canadian Militia in the Okanagan Valley” will touch on the organization of new militia regiments in BC in the first decade of the 20th century, including the Okanagan's own British Columbia Dragoons. He
will explain how the difficulties of raising new regiments in BC were overcome by the efforts of local communities, and how citizen soldiering became a prominent feature of the Okanagan's social landscape in the years before the First World War. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dr. Wood has taught history at several post-secondary institutions across Canada and is a well published military history writer, as well as an Army
reserve officer in the British Columbia Dragoons. With articles published in the
<i>Canadian Military History</i>, <i>The Journal of Military History</i>, <i>The American Review of Canadian Studies</i>
<i>and BC Studies</i>, as well as a number of books including <i>Militia Myths: Ideas of the Canadian Citizen Soldier 1896-1921</i> to his name, Dr. Wood is a well-respected, authoritative figure on local military history.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The talk, followed by a Q&A session will take place at the Greater Vernon Museum & Archives Thursday January 19<sup>th</sup> from 7-8pm. As space is limited, please call 250-542-3142 to pre-register. Admission
is by donation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:#002060">Denise Marsh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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