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Annual General Meeting
Held on June 9, 2011

The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Canadian War Museum was recently held in one of the Ateliers of the Canadian War Museum.

In addition to the normal business conducted at the meeting, Jim Whitham, Director of Collections and Programs at the CWM gave the members a status report on the refurbishment of three vehicles - the M1917 tank, the RAM tank, and the Kangaroo APC. In addition, Bill Leach, the President of the FCWM, announced two awards. Alex Rankin, the co-architect of the new Canadian War Museum was made an Honourary Friend, and Bob Margeson, a long-time volunteer with the Friends was recognized as the Volunteer of the Year. Bob has been Editor of the FCWM newsletter, the Torch, for 7 years. He was also Editor of the recent Naval Supplements recognizing the 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Navy, and the Torchbearers, the 25th Anniversary publication of the history of the Friends organization. Bob also even found time to be a Volunteer Interpreter in the galleries of the CWM.

The new Board was also presented to the attendees and is constituted of the following individuals.

L.Gen (Ret'd) Bill Leach
Ms.Nahie Bassett
Mr.Michael Bedford
Dr.Marvin Blauer
Col(Ret'd) Angus Brown
BGen (Ret'd) Duane Daly 		Mr. Thomas Dent
Mr. Charles Gruchy
Col. (Ret'd) J. Holtzhauer
Mr. André Levesque
Mr. Jim Muckle
Col.(Ret'd)Sandy McQuarrie 		Mr. Mark O'Neill
Mr. Douglas Rowland
Ms. Marie-Josée Tremblay
WO Ed Storey
LCol (Ret'd) Brad White
Gen (Ret'd) R. Withers
Maj. (Ret'd) Bill Smith

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Youth Program Underway


Tanks in LeBreton Gallery.
Joe, Age 8

The Membership Committee continues the Youth Program.
In order to become a Youth Friend, anyone under the age of 18 can join the Friends for free for one year (renewable) by donating a painting, a poem, an essay or any other work of art. Two recent submissions are from Joe, age 8, and Olivia, age 13 (the column on the right), both from Ottawa and we look forward to many more.

Olivia did her sketch after visiting the Vimy Memorial with her family while Joe was very impressed with the tanks in the LeBreton Gallery after meeting FCWM Volunteer Interpreters Connie Mooney and Don Allen.

 


The 25th Anniversary of the Friends
To commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Friends, we have produced an updated history of the organization, under the able editorship of Bob Margeson.



The booklet, entitled The Torchbearers, covers major milestones in the Friends formation from 1985 through to 2010. This attractive publication features our achievements and fundraising campaigns over the past 25 years, our various volunteer responsibilities, and details of our organization. Attractively illustrated with colour photographs and professionally packaged, this publication will be of interest to all Friends and their friends and family.

In order to economize, the booklet will be only electronically published in a PDF format with only select, small scale printing done for specific purposes.To view the document, go to About Us and click on the Commemorative Booklet 25th Anniversary.pdf link under Our History.





The 25th ANNIVERSARY - OLD SCENES

The "Guides" at Vimy House in the early years of the new century



Katherine the Sherman Tank in transit from Sussex Drive to Beechwood Cemetery






 I am delighted to congratulate the Friends of
 Canadian war Museum on thier 25th anniversary.

 For the past 25 years the Canadian war Museum 
 and Canadians have benefited from the
 unflagging efforts of the Friends of the CWM. 
 Thanks to them, numerous projects have been
 brought to fruition, and countless objects and
 other milestones of our Canadian military history
 have been preserved in a magnificent building
 that does Canada proud.

 Bravo to all of the volunteers for thier
 unparalleled dedication and for so many
 achievements. I wish you an excellent year and
 even more success in the years to come.
             




 
Youth Program Underway!
In addition to the Youth Friend program, the Friends are also sponsoring a summer Student Volunteer Program where students are paired with Volunteer Interpreters and learn about the various artefacts and exhibits. Student Volunteers complete their volunteer assignment by preparing a research paper under the guidance of the Volunteer Interpreters. Do you have children or grandchildren who may be interested in these programs?

If so, click on the Youth Programs tab in the Index to learn more, and start recruiting!


CANADA'S NAVAL HISTORY

The Canadian War Museum has recently installed a virtual exhibition on the history of the Canadian Navy to commemorate its 100th anniversary in 2010.
Visit online exhibition Discover History through Objects and Images to view it.