Walk & Talk tours at the Canadian War Museum

War Brides: Portraits of an Era – Walk & Talk tours at the Canadian War Museum

About the exhibition:
This exhibition presents recent works by Bev Tosh, a Canadian contemporary artist who interprets some of the personal stories of women who married Canadian military personnel during and after the Second World War. These “war brides” are women she has met and corresponded with over the past six years in Canada, England, New Zealand, and the United States. Their stories, of finding and sometimes losing love, represent the leap of faith taken by thousands in order to build lives far from home.

During the Second World War, some 44,000 women came to Canada, alone or with their children, as the wives of Canadian military personnel. A further 1,000 came to Newfoundland and Labrador. Another 4,000 left Canada as the wives of Commonwealth military personnel who had trained in Canada during the war. Many others married American, Norwegian, Polish, or other Allied soldiers stationed or trained in Canada. While the details of each woman’s story are unique, as a group, they share an extraordinary history. Today, several hundred thousand Canadians are the descendants of war brides.

WHAT: War Brides: Walk & Talk tour with Dr. Laura Brandon
WHEN: Sunday, May 27 at 3 p.m. in English and 1 p.m. in French

All tours are free with admission, but are limited to 25 participants. Tickets are available at the Information Desk on a first-come, first-served basis on the day of the event.

More information is available by calling 819 776-8600 or 1 800 555-5621.

Information (media):

Christina Selin
Manager, Communications
Canadian War Museum
Telephone: 819 776-8607
E-mail: christina.selin@warmuseum.ca.

Pierre Leduc
Media Relations Officer
Canadian War Museum
Telephone: 819 776-8608
E-mail: pierre.leduc@warmuseum.ca.

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