The Annual General Meeting of the York Sunbury Historical Society will be held on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 7 pm via ZOOM teleconference. Members are invited to attend the AGM and learn about the great work of the Society and Fredericton Region Museum in 2019 as well as our plans for 2020. For further [...]
Jennie Pike’s Date Diary (1932-1940) - Page 6 THANK YOU! WE HAVE ENOUGH TRANSCRIBERS BUT WE DO NEED VOLUNTEERS WITH EXPERIENCE MANAGING ON LINE PROJECTS! A HUGE SHOUT OUT and THANKS to the hundreds of people from all over the world who offered to help us with the Archival Transcription project. That's the [...]
Dr Hebb is a graduate of King's College (BA in history) and Dalhousie (MA in Classics) in Halifax. He secured a PhD in Theology and Church History from the Univ. of Wales in 2004. The fascinating Black history of New Brunswick's only non-segregated Anglican church will be the subject of a presentation by [...]
Gregory Kennedy is Associate Professor and Research Director of the Acadian Studies Institute at the Université de Moncton Acadians of the St. John River Speaker Series: A Path Not Taken: the Middle Ground along the Wolastoq/St. John River, 1654-1690 by Gregory Kennedy The failure to achieve middle ground between 17th century Indigenous, French [...]
The experiences of European refugees and prisoners at the Ripples Internment Camp near Minto will be the focus of historian Ed Caissie's talk at the York Sunbury Historical Society's monthly speaker series. This event is FREE and takes place at 7 pm, Thursday, October 17, 2019 at Government House, 51 Woodstock Road. The Ripples Internment [...]
All Members of the Historical Society are invited to submit two to four (2- 4) works for display in the Gallery until October 25. The works will be for exhibition only unless the member wishes to have the items for sale, and “For sale by artist along with the contact information” can be noted on [...]
Our Black Heritage: Early Black Settlers of York-Sunbury Counties 1783-Present opens at the Fredericton Region Museum on August 1, 2021, Emancipation Day. Since the arrival of Black Loyalists in 1783, there have been settlers of African descent who have contributed greatly to the development of New Brunswick. Working ever so silently, without recognition [...]
Acadian Exhibit at Fredericton Region Museum Tells History of Pointe Sainte-Anne (Fredericton, NB - August 12, 2019) - A new interactive exhibit on the history of the Acadian settlement at Pointe Sainte-Anne (1692-1759) will be launched on August 15, Acadian National Day, at the Fredericton Region Museum. The launch takes place at 5:00 pm at [...]
Carleton & York Regiment Focus of Talk at Government House (Fredericton, NB - September 12, 2019) - The experience of New Brunswickers in the Carleton & York Regiment during the Second World War is the subject of Capt. David Hughes presentation in the York Sunbury Historical Society speaker series. This FREE event will be held [...]
By Patrick Murray Procter Curatorial Assistant, Fredericton Region Museum Percy Guthrie was born in Oromocto, New Brunswick and served at the front in the early years of the First World War, having been wounded on May 15, 1915 at the Battle of Festubert. While recovering from his wounds still in France he struck upon [...]
