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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
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Mr. Thomas Dent
Mr. Charles Gruchy
Col. (Ret'd) J. Holtzhauer
Mr. André Levesque
Mr. Jim Muckle
Col.(Ret'd)Sandy McQuarrie
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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.
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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
link under Our History.
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Une version française de cette page est actuellement en préparation et sera disponible sous peu. En attendant, nous ne pouvons que vous fournir une version anglaise.
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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
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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.
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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!
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L'HISTOIRE NAVALE DU CANADA
Le Musée canadien de la guerre a récemment installé une exposition virtuelle sur l'histoire
de la Marine canadienne pour commémorer son 100e anniversaire en 2010.
Visitez expositions en ligne Dècouvrez l'histoire à l'aide d'objets et d'images pour la voir.
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