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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">February 21, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt">Vernon Internment Camp 1914 – 1920
</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt">Talk & Slide Show</span></b><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<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, 3009 - 32<sup>nd</sup> Ave. Vernon, BC<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">Saturday March 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">Time: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt"> 1:00pm – 1:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">Phone:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">250-542-3142 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">During World War I, Vernon came to the attention of leading politicians in Ottawa, Washington, London, Berlin, and even Vienna. Why? Because of the men, women, and children imprisoned
at an internment camp in the town’s north end – subjects of the German and Austro-Hungarian empires, transformed into “enemy aliens” by the outbreak of war. Recent research by members of the Vernon and District Family History Society has brought to light a
vast amount of information about the lives of these prisoners and the men who guarded them.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">In a half-hour talk and slideshow Don McNair offers some of the highlights of these findings. He also invites the general public to find out if their families, too, have a connection
with the internment camp. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">A new, richly-illustrated booklet about the camp will be on sale following the talk.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The presentation will take place at the Greater Vernon Museum & Archives Saturday March 3<sup>rd</sup> from 1:00pm – 1:30pm. Admission for this event is by donation. As space is
limited, pre-registration is required. To pre-register or for more information please call 250-542-3142, visit
<a href="http://www.vernonmusuem.ca"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.vernonmusuem.ca</span></a> or find us on facebook.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="90" height="96" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image012.png@01D3AB0F.5B408310"> <i><span lang="EN-CA">This research was made possible by a grant from the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Internment
Recognition Fund.</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Caption:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Guards escort prisoners into the Vernon Internment Camp.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Photo Credit: Gwen Cash, courtesy of Derek Cash.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
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</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Vernon Internment Camp prisoners on a wet and muddy day.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Photo Credit: Library and Archives Canada PA 127103.
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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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<p class="MsoNormal">Marketing & Communications Coordinator <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">250.542.3142 <span style="font-family:Symbol">|</span> 3009-32<sup>nd</sup> Ave. Vernon, BC V1T 2L8
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:denise.marsh@vernonmuseum.ca">denise.marsh@vernonmuseum.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please note my regular working hours are: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Mondays 9:00am-2:00pm (museum is closed to the public), Wednesdays 9:00am-5:00pm, Thursdays 9:00am-2:00pm & Fridays 9:00am-5:00pm.
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