Join The Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society for our annual fundraiser and themed dinner at the Prince Arthur Waterfront Hotel. This year's theme is the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Our speaker is Dr. Mike Bechthold.
Tickets:
$125 for 1 seat
$230 for 2 seats
$920 for a whole table (8 seats)
- Each ticket will include a tax receipt as a donation to the Society that helps fund this event and Museum operations. Single seats will get a tax receipt of $80.05 and for each multiple-seat ticket purchase $70.05 per seat.
Menu:
- Appetizer
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- Soup
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- Entree (includes all 4 items, no choice required)
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- 12oz Roast Chicken in Brown Sauce
- 6oz Baked Ham
- Brown Potatoes + Mashed Potatoes
- Green Peas
- Savory
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- Cheese Fingers - Biscuits-Cheese
- Celery Hearts-Fruit
- Dessert
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- Fruit Salad - Ice Cream
- Coffee/Tea
Vegetarian/Vegan Menu
- Appetizer
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- Soup
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- Entree (includes all 4 items, no choice required)
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- Stuffed Zucchini
- Brown Potatoes - Mashed Potatoes
- Green Peas
- Savory
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- Dessert
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- Fruit Salad - Ice Cream
- Coffee/Tea
There will be a cash bar available during the event.
Please reach out to reception@thunderbaymuseum.com with any dietary restrictions not found on the registration form.
Speaker:
Mike Bechthold holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia and an MA & Honours BA from Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Mike is the author or editor of eight books and numerous articles. His most recent monograph is Flying to Victory: Raymond Collishaw and the Western Desert Campaign (University of Oklahoma Press, 2017) and he is the co-author of a series of guidebooks about the Canadian battlefields of the Second World War. Mike is also the lead author of The History of RCAF in 100 Objects, a book written to mark the RCAF’s first 100 years. He specializes in the fields of military air power (especially tactical air operations in the First and Second World Wars), the Canadian army in Normandy and Northwest Europe, and the Canadian Corps in the Great War.
Mike is employed as a historian with the Royal Canadian Air Force History and Heritage section. He teaches history at Wilfrid Laurier University and in the past has taught at the University of Waterloo, Conestoga College, and the Schulich School of Business at York University. For 22 years Mike worked as the Communications Director of the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies and the Managing Editor of Canadian Military History, an academic quarterly journal. Mike is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in the UK, a Fellow of the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society at the University of New Brunswick, a Research Fellow at Nipissing University Centre for the Study of War, Atrocity, and Genocide, and he recently served as the Executive Director of the Juno Beach Centre Association.
mikebechthold.com
Presentation Description:
The RCAF at 100
On April 1st, 2024 the Royal Canadian Air Force will celebrate its 100th birthday. It has been an eventful century. From its roots in the Great War and interwar years, through the challenges of the Second World War and Cold War, and its subsequent roles in support of Canada, NATO, and the UN, the RCAF has seen good times and bad. This talk explores the history of the RCAF through a number of innocuous objects - a Group of Seven painting, a German Gotha bomber pilot's helmet, a battered leather suitcase, and others that provide a window into the known and unknown stories of the Air Force.
Fundraising Activities:
Bring your cash.
This year there will be an exciting 50/50 draw and opportunities to buy tickets for door prizes.
Sponsorship Opportunities:
If you would like to make an additional donation to the Society to sponsor this event and offset expenses such as the guest speaker(s) travel costs, the raffle, or other overhead costs please visit the link below and select A Taste of History or by calling 807-623-0801. Please put in the comments what you would like to sponsor and the person or organization should be listed as a sponsor in the official program and communications about the event.
https://thunderbaymuseum1.wildapricot.org/Donate-Now
COVID Precautions:
To be added at a future date; in accordance with the Province of Ontario, Thunder Bay District Health Unit, and the Prince Arthur Waterfront Hotel requirements.