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Fighting in Flanders – Gas. Mud. Memory.

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A TRAVELLING EXHIBITION DEVELOPED BY THE CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEMORIAL MUSEUM PASSCHENDAELE 1917, BELGIUM, AND WITH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE E.W. BICKLE FOUNDATION.

This exhibition helps visitors learn more about the experiences of Canadian soldiers in Belgium. It explores life on the battlefield, which was characterized by the use of poison gas during the Second Battle of Ypres, and by a sea of thick mud at Passchendaele. The adaptability of soldiers and Belgian civilians lies at the heart of this exhibition, which ends with an overview of how commemoration of the war has evolved in Belgium and Canada over the past century.

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Location Dates
Swift Current Museum, Swift Current, Sask. October 11 – December 31, 2022
2 Air Movements Squadron, Trenton, Ont. April 7 – July 3, 2022
Fort Vermilion Community Library, Fort Vermilion, Alta. November 1 – November 30, 2019
Grey Roots Museum & Archives, Owen Sound, Ont. January 30 – May 27, 2019
Lloydminster Cultural and Science Centre, Lloydminster, Sask. June 30 – September 22, 2018
Embassy of Belgium, Ottawa, Ont. September 2 – September 23, 2017
Fort la Reine Museum, Portage la Prairie, Man. May 8 – September 3, 2017
Musée du Fort Saint-Jean, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. May 1 – August 1, 2017
Embassy of Canada to the United States, in Washington, D.C., Washington, USA November 3 – November 13, 2016
Musée Royal 22e Régiment, Québec, Que. October 19, 2016 – February 24, 2017
Sooke Region Museum, Sooke, B.C. September 16 – December 2, 2016
The Fort Museum, Fort Macleod, Alta. June 13 – August 28, 2016
Chimczuk Museum, Windsor, Ont. May 17 – May 29, 2016
Lake of the Woods Museum, Kenora, Ont. March 24 – April 23, 2016
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. November 9 – November 29, 2015
The Military Museums, Calgary, Alta. October 5 – November 1, 2015
New Iceland Heritage Museum, Gimli, Man. October 4 – December 3, 2015
Glengarry Historical Society, Dalkeith, Ont. September 8 – September 18, 2015
Guelph Civic Museum, Guelph, Ont. August 21 – November 15, 2015
Canadian Historical Arms Society, Edmonton, Alta. June 20 – June 21, 2015

Photo:
Canadian Gunners in the Mud, Passchendaele, Alfred Bastien, Beaverbrook Collection of War Art – Canadian War Museum (19710261-0093)

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