Past Event: Our November Meeting
Thursday, November 6, 2014: Business Meeting at 7:30 pm,
Speaker at 8:15 pm, Annette Library
Our Remembrance Night. Our speaker Ron Atkins is a member of the recreated 20th Battalion C.E.F. which honours the sacrifice made by Canadians during the Great War, by learning and living proper drill, procedures and deportment, thus presenting an accurate “snapshot” of the Canadian Infantry of this period. The topic: “How W.W.I affected Toronto.”
WTJHS Fundraiser to Occur Later in the Year
We would like to announce that our full fundraiser — which we thought might occur this month –will, in fact, occur later in the year, likely in December. Watch this space for details!
Note: Livestock must be checked at the door
Past Event: Our October Meeting
Thursday, October 2, 2014: Business Meeting at 7:30 pm,
Speaker at 8:15 pm, Annette Library
Terry Reardon, author of: Winston Churchill and Mackenzie King: So Similar, So Different is our speaker. Born just two weeks apart in 1874, Winston Churchill and William Lyon Mackenzie King had much in common. Both forged long parliamentary careers, and each led his country to victory in World War II. The Globe and Mail included the book in the “Twelve Very Best Books on Winston Churchill.” Terry will speaking about the part played by Canada in WW II with anecdotes both dramatic and humourous.
West Toronto Junction Historical Society 