• Two Ways to Dig into the History of the Black Battalion (1916-1920)
    … and exclusion. The British War Office did not want to train Black combat units in case they decided to rise up against British colonial … Records at Library and Archives Canada (LAC)” is being offered on Feb 26 th , 2022, in partnership with LAC. Visit No. 2 Construction Battalion exhibition at the Black Cultural …
  • Two Ways to Dig into the History of the Black Battalion (1916-1920)
    … and exclusion. The British War Office did not want to train Black combat units in case they decided to rise up against British colonial … Records at Library and Archives Canada (LAC)” is being offered on Feb 26 th , 2022, in partnership with LAC. Visit No. 2 Construction Battalion exhibition at the Black Cultural …
  • Facility Rentals Frequently Asked Questions
    … Are there special rates for not-for-profit and government events? The Museum offers a 10% discount on some rooms to registered not-for-profit and government organizations. Please inquire directly with a …
  • Dutch Culture and Traditions
    … people in the northern parts of the Netherlands skating along the canals. Soccer is also another tremendously popular sport in the … 4 different types of high schools to enter. VBO – Students enter for 4 years. VBO prepares them for vocational education. MAVO – Also 4 years … Kerstdag ) – December 25 Tweede Kerstdag ( Tweede Kerstdag )– December 26 Koningsdag or King’s Day marks the birthday of the King …
  • Warrant Officer Jack E. Mills
    … By Elsie Mills I stood at the window today looking across a field of sweet corn. So many years … supposed to be at a dance, but I was! Ed was with a group that had come over to the dance. He had run out of money to get back, so I staked him to a taxi ride. I always told him I just married him to make sure he paid me back …
  • van Dongen
    … 1951 in Rijen, Noord Brabant, Holland and came to Canada by boat (the Volendam) arriving at Pier 21, Halifax, on February 24th. Dad wanted … New Zealand, Australia, and Brazil. They ruled out Brazil where you couldn’t own land privately and New Zealand and Australia because … an apartment above a garage on that farm. In the mornings, they would hear the tractors starting below them and could smell the fumes. They …
  • LACW Elsie F. Mills
    … May 25, 1945 Country of Origin: England By Elsie Mills I stood at the window today looking across a field of sweet corn. So many years … to be at a dance, but I was! Ed (Jack Mills) was with a group that had come over to the dance. He had run out of money to get back, so I staked him to a taxi ride. I always told him I just married him to make sure he paid me back …
  • Edith Metcalfe Wallace
    … Edith Metcalfe Wallace, War Bride June 29, 1922 - Nov 29, 2010 My mother was born in Rotherham, Yorkshire on June 29, 1922, the third child … for sugar, etc so my grandmother could make the cake. Mother had to visit the vicar at St. Stephen’s to get permission to marry a Baptist - …
  • FilomenaeSaveriaMandato
    … to Montreal in 1952, Uncle Anthony Mandato said to Uncle Giuseppe “come to live in Windsor, so it will be easier for me to visit you”. One year later Giuseppe sent proxy for his wife and … seen for over 35 years and her son Uncle Anthony she hadn’t seen for 26 years with the wife Sarah and children all from Cleveland, Ohio. Of …
  • Margaret S. Kydd
    … War bride: left Liverpool, England aboard the ship, Athlone Castle, May 2, 1945. Arrived at Pier 21, in Halifax, May 12, 1945. This is my story. At age 18 I met 29 year old, Staff Sergeant, William F. (Bill) Kydd, RCOC, while skating … his 10 days leave, in April 1945, we made arrangements for me to come to Canada. We felt if we waited until after the war, my departure …