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Month: October 2022
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Celebrate Halloween: A Look at 1940s Pumpkin Crafts
Happy Halloween! We wanted to share a Halloween artifact to share in the festivities. Pictured is a paper cut out of a pumpkin that June Hughes displayed in her classroom during the 1940s. Hughes attended Camrose Normal School for her training as a teacher. Her first post was in a one-room school at Ascot, Alberta…
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Exploring the Order of the Bath: Dr. Johnson’s WWII Artifact
This week the Heritage Museum is proud to share with you a military artifact. This pin belonged to Dr. Johnson while serving in World War II where he served as a Capitan. The pin represents the Order of the Bath, which dates to 1725 and would be worn by British Army Officers. Only twenty-four of…