NEWS RELEASE
TIMMINS MUSEUM AND NATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE
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The Timmins Museum: NEC is pleased to present a lecture by Dieter K. Buse and Graeme S. Mount dealing with their second volume of Northern Ontario military history entitled Untold: Northeastern Ontario’s Military Past, World War II to Peacekeeping on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019 at 7 p.m.
Buse and Mount, professor emeritus at Laurentian University, have spent the last few years researching and writing about northeastern Ontario’s military history, bringing the stories of this region’s past to life in both Volume 1 and now Volume 2. The first volume, released in October 2018, covers from 1688 to World War 1.
In this second volume, the authors present, among many topics, the Spanish Civil War, internment of enemy aliens, prisoner of war camps in northeastern Ontario, and participating in the Second World War.
They show the participation, contributions and sacrifice of men and women in all the services (army, navy and air force), as northeasterners fought in all the major conflicts.
It touches on the Cold War struggles, Korean and Afghanistan wars, as well as peacekeeping that helped shape northeastern Ontario. Through archival research, military documents, newspapers, diaries and personal letters, the stories reveal the sacrifices and challenges, how military activities and service impacted families and communities in northeastern Ontario.
The book also features over 130 photos, excerpts from personal letters and space for readers to make notes.
Admission is free – for more information please contact the museum at 705-360-2617.
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