Photo Credit: Johanne Yakula This will be my final blogpost as a board member and current “web master” of the Highlands Historical Society. It’s been a fun 14 years and I’m so pleased to have met so many people that share my values around the preservation of heritage buildings and the importance of shared stories…
We had an intimate setting for our 2018 AGM. Although we had to compete with the Grey Cup, and other seasonal events, there was a good turn out!
One of the most emotional and poignant experiences of our trip to Belgium this June was a guided tour of the town of Ypres, Menin Gate, the Passchendaele Museum and Flanders Fields… where poppies still grow. I’m sharing several photos with you that I took on our trip of these WW1 battle sites – pictures…
2018 was a very important year for the HHS. We’re proud of what we did this year. February: New Blog / website. We decided that a blog would be better way to tell our stories and keep you up to date than a newsletter that was being produced only a couple of times per year.…
“We had a great turnout at our speaker event on June 5th” enthused Melanie Moore, board member and co-organizer of the Speaker Series, a popular speaking event where the Highlands Historical Society invites experts to speak on various topics. Dr. Rod MacLeod regaled the group with interesting anecdotes and little known facts about aviation…
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