In 1971, Tahayren, or Charles Edenshaw, was designated a #NationalHistoricPerson because he “was the foremost of the #Haida carvers at the time when their art first achieved international recognition.” ow.ly/4TYA50utZ1s #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay
militaryhistori: RT Parks Canada: Meet #NationalHistoricPerson Sir Arthur William Currie, who was promoted to Lieutenant-General after victory at the Battle of #VimyRidge , which took place from April 9th to 12th 1917. Learn more about his service ➡ …
Can you name the popular #novel 📖 that was inspired by Reverend Josiah Henson, a community #leader , #UndergroundRailroad conductor and #nationalhistoricperson ? Find the answer here: ow.ly/lHEd30nBonK #BlackHistoryMonth #History #Ontario #BHM2019 (…
This November marks the 150th anniversary of #NationalHistoricPerson Lt. Col. John McCrae’s birth. During Veterans’ Week, learn about the experiences that inspired the military surgeon’s celebrated poem, “In Flanders Fields,” in the First World War.
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Author and #nationalhistoricperson Gabrielle Roy was born and raised in this St. Boniface house, now a #nationalhistoricsite . She often described and idealized it in her writing. Learn more about this site: ow.ly/JAOe50BENlz #WomensHistoryMonth
Named #NationalHistoricPerson in 2022 by the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Parks Canada, Chloe Cooley suffered a difficult journey. However, her bravery and resilience ultimately led to the passage of the Act Against Slavery, an anti-slavery law in Canada.
We are delighted to announce that the Minister of Environment Canada Catherine McKenna and Parks Canada designated CIP-ICU founder, #ThomasAdams , as a #NationalHistoricPerson .
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Tommy Prince has been honoured as a #NationalHistoricPerson . The Anishinaabe activist was one of the most highly decorated Indigenous soldiers in #CDNHistory . Learn more about his legacy: ow.ly/sMXo50vlNaA #IndigenousHistory #HSMBC #HSMBC 100
#newarticle The Legend of Thanadelthur: Elders’ Oral History and Hudson’s Bay Company Journals | Thainaltth’er noriya hołts’į, Ëna chu Dene chu ëłehëla nį; Bëghą honį ëritł’is hëla, ąłnëdhë behonié tth’i łą sį by Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth #NationalHistoricPerson
John P. Humphrey was recognized today as a #NationalHistoricPerson . He helped shape new forms of global governance after the #WWII and advanced #HumanRights law by laying the foundations for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. bit.ly/3f8nwf1
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On Sunday, Parks Canada and the #HSMBC commemorated Richard Pierpoint (c.1744-c.1838) as a #NationalHistoricPerson with a plaque.
Learn more about his life as a Black Loyalist in Upper Canada ➡ ow.ly/cSN850PSsxy
📷: Canadian War Museum
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Painter and #nationalhistoricperson Emily Carr was born in this Victoria house. Its proximity to Beacon Hill Park and the shoreline helped shape her unique vision of B.C. Read on this #nationalhistoricsite : ow.ly/X25g50BI4T8 #WomensHistoryMonth
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Tomorrow, Parks Canada and #HSMBC will commemorate Chloe Cooley as a #NationalHistoricPerson for her resistance to her violent and forced transportation across the Niagara River to be sold in New York in 1793. #BHM2024
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Yesterday, Olivier Le Jeune was recognized as a #NationalHistoricPerson . For more information see here: ow.ly/XbpM50J5g9X
© Image from “The Kids Book of Black Canadian History” by kidscanpress
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A fighter for the #rights of Blacks and women, Mary Ann Shadd, a #nationalhistoricperson , established in 1853 the #ProvincialFreeman , which waged war on slavery and bigotry. Read more: ow.ly/61hl30nBmQA #BlackHistoryMonth #History #BHM2019 #Ontario
Inuk explorer, interpreter, guide, and #nationalhistoricperson , Taqulittuq (a.k.a. Tookoolito) from Baffin Island in #Nunavut contributed greatly to non-Inuit knowledge of the North #WomensHistoryMonth
Inuksuk NHS on Baffin Island: ow.ly/jkLn50BMuRb
📷: Library and Archives Canada
