Join The Historical Society of Ottawa and Guest speaker Rick Henderson, the author of Walking in the Footsteps of Philemon Wright, and Capital Chronicles blog, and the great-great-great-great-grandson of Philemon […]
King of the Cold War crisis film, Dr. Strangelove became a cultural touchstone from the moment of its release in 1964. The duck-and-cover generation saw it as a satire on […]
Winnipeg was just one of 33 Canadian cities and towns to experience general strikes in 1919. So why no general strike in Ottawa? Ottawa came close. Four major attempts were […]
Join us virtually this fall for a free series of talks that highlight relevant Cold War themes and events. The Diefenbunker’s 2022 Cold War Speaker Series will host several experts […]
Speaker: Julia Scott Details: This presentation will tell the story of a young man, born in Barbados, descendent of an enslaved woman, who enlisted at age 15 in the British Army. […]