Bruce County Museum Marks Remembrance Day
Historian and author Ted Barris will help mark Remembrance Day at Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre on Nov. 8 to celebrate the 85th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
To commemorate this occasion, Barris will discuss the significant contributions of Canadian airmen during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War.
- Canadian flyers defended England during 113 harrowing days in 1940.
- Canadians served in forty-seven squadrons.
- Twenty pilots were lost in action.
- Twelve received the Distinguished Flying Cross for their courage.
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Author's summary: Historian Ted Barris marks Remembrance Day at Bruce County Museum.