(texte franscais suit): 7 Days in Hell The Black Watch Snipers WW2 Normandy/7 jours en enfer-les tireurs d'elite de avec le Black Watch en Normandie 2ieme guerre mondiale.
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(texte francais suit)The Hudson Historical Society is proud to announce the November meeting will feature a presentation about the Battle at Passchendaele by the award winning author and historian, David O’Keefe.
David R. O'Keefe is a historian, professor of history, television presenter, documentarian, creator, host, writer, producer and best-selling author and a local resident as well.
Topics: World War I
(FR text follows) Lorraine d’Artois, former Hudsonite now of Montreal, will be speaking about her illustrious parents Major Guy d'Artois and Sonia Butt. She will highlight her father’s military career in the Canadian Military,
Topics: World War II
*see attachments & directions to the CAHC at Macdonald College Campus
S/L Peter Roper will be talking about his experiences as a WWII Typhoon pilot and especially his adventure over Normandy on D Day+1 when he was shot down and captured.
His presentation at 6 pm on the 7th June is exactly the 71st anniversary of the event.
Topics: World War II
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The RMR Foundation and Canada Company <http://www.canadacompany.ca/> are hosting a movie night in Montreal on Thursday 09 April 2015 at the Cineplex Odeon Forum (Ste-Catherine/Atwater).
Topics: World War I
The next meeting of the Hudson Historical Society will be held on Monday, September 8 at 7:30 p.m. in St. James Church Hall.
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Our next meeting will be held on the second Monday of February that being the 10th. at 19:30 at St-James church Main Rd., Hudson.
Our guest speaker in February will be the ever popular David O’Keefe who will speak about the preparation behind his latest book ‘One day in August – The Untold Story Behind Canada’s Tragedy at Dieppe’. David will bring along copies of his book for sale following the presentation.
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Topics: Wars
On Saturday 23 November at 06:00 PM the Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre (CAHC/CCPA) will be holding a fund raising performance of "BOMBER BOYS".
Topics: World War II
The Siberian Expeditionary Force: A (Nearly) Forgotten Episode of WWI Long-time residents of Hudson remember Frank Wilson. Born in 1890, the youngest of James and Carolyn Wilson of Cote St. Charles' nine children, Frank was one of the large contingent of local men who answered the call to defend King and Empire in the Great War. He survived, returned to the Cote, but soon left for Ottawa where he learned the trade of carpentry. Two decades of work in Detroit followed.
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