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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><img width="718" height="127" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D45CB8.4CF92040" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01D2AC7E.03425020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">PRESS RELEASE</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">October 5, 2018</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:black">Defeating the German Army in 1918: the 2<sup>nd</sup> Canadian Mounted Rifles and the Hundred Days Campaign from Amiens to Mons Presentation<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</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">Address:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt"> 3009 32<sup>nd</sup> Ave.</span><o:p></o:p></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">Nov. 7<sup>th</sup>, 2018</span><o:p></o:p></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"> 7:00pm – 9:00pm</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">Admission :
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">$5.00 at the door<b><o:p></o:p></b></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 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Just in time for Remembrance Day, the Greater Vernon Museum & Archives will host a presentation by Prof. Howard Hisdal entitled “Defeating the German Army in 1918: The 2<sup>nd</sup> Canadian Mounted Rifles and
the Hundred Days Campaign from Amiens to Mons” as part of the museum’s Speaker Series. The November 7<sup>th</sup> talk will also complement the museum’s latest exhibition,
<i>Finish the Fight! Vernon in the Great War</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The presentation by Prof. Hisdal, CD, MA, Chair of the History Department of Okanagan College, looks at the last hundred days of the First World War which ended on November 11<sup>th</sup>, 1918. The viewpoint
is that of the 2<sup>nd</sup> Canadian Mounted Rifles, a regiment recruited in the Okanagan and Victoria, and led by Lieutenant Colonel Chalmers Johnston, a militia officer from Vernon. Prof. Hisdal will look at the tactics and leadership that made the 2<sup>nd</sup>
CMR and the entire Canadian Corps into a highly efficient fighting machine that drove back the German Army and helped win the war.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Prof. Howard Hisdal, CD, MA, graduated from Royal Roads Military College, Victoria, and Royal Military College, Kingston. He earned his Master of Arts degree at Carleton University. He has 25 years of military
service; 18 of those years as an officer in the British Columbia Dragoons, the descendant of the 2<sup>nd</sup> Canadian Mounted Rifles. He retired as a captain in 2014. The “CD” stands for Canadian Forces Decoration for honourable service. Howard has taught
history at Okanagan College since 2005 and is the chair of the History Department. He is also the Vice-President of the Okanagan Military Museum Society in Kelowna and on the board of directors for the Kelowna Museums Society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">As space is limited in the museum, please call 250-542-3142 to pre-register for the November 7<sup>th</sup> presentation from 7pm to 9pm. Admission is $5/person, at the door. For more information, call, visit
</span><a href="http://www.vernonmuseum.ca">www.vernonmuseum.ca</a><span style="color:black"> or find us on Facebook.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Caption: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Captured guns from the Battle of Cambrai<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Caption: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">R</span><span style="color:black">estored captured German gun in front of the Memorial Arena in Kelowna. In the gunners’ seats are Walter Viita the president of the Okanagan Military Museum Society and Tom Wolf
the former president.</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Caption: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Professor Howard Hisdal, CD, MA, Chair of the History Department of Okanagan College</span><o:p></o:p></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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<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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