A World War I History Group has been in existence in Halifax for years; the group started meeting at the Shearwater Aviation Museum in the summer of 2023. After relocating with the SAM staff during renovations to the remote office at the Shearwater Sports and Recreation Centre in 2023-2024, the group returned to SAM with the staff and broadened the focus of the group beyond the Great War. The group meets the 3rd Thursday of every month in the Bonaventure Briefing Room at the Shearwater Aviation Museum, with a different guest speaker and military history topic of the month. In-person or online attendance is possible using the Zoom online meeting platform. Interested? Please email Christine Hines, General Manager for SAM, at hines.christine@cfmws.com to be added to the distribution list to get involved. Everyone is welcome!
2026-2027 Meeting Schedule:
19 November 2026, 7 pm: Kirk Binns, “Lancaster ND566 & the Long March”
17 December 2026, 7 pm: Vice-Admiral Duncan “Dusty” E. Miller, “First-Hand Account of the Canadian Navy in the First Gulf War”
21 January 2027, 7 pm: TBD
18 February 2027, 7 pm: TBD
18 March 2027, 7 pm: TBD
15 April 2027, 7 pm: TBD
20 May 2027, 7 pm: TBD
17 June 2027: TBD (Please note that the in-person meeting may have to be relocated due to the CAHS Annual Conference being held at SAM; more to follow)
The topics being presented will be added to our website as the schedule fills in.
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