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From: "Susan Willis" <>
Subject: RE: [WarBrides] Clarification - 2006 Year of War Bride/Remembrance Day
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 17:27:54 +0000
In-Reply-To: <BAY105-F23840DC7DAE612A7B07FD0BA650@phx.gbl>


Hi to Melynda and all,

I would be glad to help with the Year of the Warbrides project in any way I
can from the UK.

Regards,
Susan Willis


>From: "Melynda Jarratt" <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: RE: [WarBrides] Clarification - 2006 Year of War Bride/Remembrance
>Day
>Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 10:48:12 -0400
>
>Hi To clarify:
>
>The Year of the War Bride initiative is something that is still in the
>"formative stage" but it is certainly something that I and several others
>across the country are determined will happen if we have anything to say
>about it! Please read on if you are interested in helping make this idea
>come true.
>
>First however, I want to give credit where credit is due. From my
>perspective, the credit for the idea of "The Year of the War Bride" rests
>with author Eswyn Lyster, who suggested on her website way back in the
>summer 2005 that there be a "Year of the War Bride". I became involved in
>late August, when I received a call from a Communications Officer for the
>province of Nova Scotia, who was looking for some material for the NS
>group's reunion in Kentville. She is the one who told me that there was
>some talk about "Year of the War Bride" on the internet. I personally had
>not heard of it, but thought it was a GREAT idea so I did a search for
>"Year of the War Bride" on the Internet and lo and behold, there was Eswyn
>Lyster's suggestion, which I will reproduce below from her site
>http://home.istar.ca/~lyster/warbride/updates.htm
>
>"February 9, 2006 will mark the 60th anniversary of the arrival in Halifax
>of the first dedicated war bride sailing of the Mauretania. May 1945 to
>January 1946 were the months devoted to the repatriation of Canadian
>servicemen, and 2005 has rightfully been dubbed The Year of the Veteran.
>1946 was the year when the greatest number of war brides sailed for Canada,
>and I hope will be recognized as The Year of the War Bride."
>
>It just so happened that I was going to Halifax that week to speak to Pier
>21 about some research projects I had going on the subject of the Canadian
>War Brides, so while there I pitched Eswyn's idea of a "The Year of the War
>Bride." In attendance at the meeting were Carrie Anne Smith, Research
>Director Pier 21, Dr. Della Stanley of Mt. Allison University, Dr. Jim
>Morrison of Mount A as well as people from Pier 21's Research section and
>the museum. Also in attendence were representatives of the Nepisquit
>Genealogy organization of Bathurst New Brunswick, with whom I had been
>developing a research proposal on the War Brides for which we were hoping
>to get the support of Pier 21 at this meeting. Everyone agreed that the
>notion of a "Year of the War Bride" was a worthy one, but how to get it off
>the ground so late in 2005 was another story. One of the comments was that
>you need at least 18 months to do something like this. On the other hand,
>someone did say they could plant a bug in the ear of the Primer Minister if
>they had to. We left the meeting feeling that if we can get enough momentum
>across the country, we may be able to pull it off. When I returned from
>Halifax, I put a notice up on my CanadianWarBrides.com website asking
>people to write to me if they had some interest in the idea. There has been
>some response, but the reality is that we're going to need a lot more
>"momentum" to pull this off.
>
>Coincidentally, I think this is the week to do it. With everyone's
>attention on Remembrance Day, we need to plant this seed into the public's
>mind.
>
>For your information, I have put together a draft proposal for discussion
>purposes that I can distribute to anyone who wants to read it, just write
>to me at or and Ill
>send it as a Word attachment. This past week alone I have sent out
>inquiries to a number of people who may be in a position to help us achieve
>our goal. I have spoken with the Heritage Department, Citizenship and
>Immigration and the Canadian Legion, but one person (me) phoning a whole
>bunch of politicians and bureacrats isnt going to make this happen.
>Besides, I have a full time job and I have to do this as a volunteer. I
>need some help!
>
>We need as many groups as possible as we can across Canada to endorse the
>idea of an official government recognition of the War Brides 60th
>anniversary 1946-2006. It may not be the whole year, it may not even be a
>month or a week, but even if we have one day where we can say that War
>Brides across Canada are officially recognized by the Canadian government,
>it will be a great achievement in my view. This is just a start, but we
>have to start somewhere, and the beginning is a good place.
>
>Melynda Jarratt
>
>
>
>
>Melynda Jarratt, BA, MA (History)
>Diploma in Digital Media and Design
>Webmaster: http://www.canadianwarbrides.com and
>http://www.project-roots.com
>Voices of the Left Behind: Project Roots and the Canadian War Children of
>World War Two is available in English at
>http://www.project-roots.com/books.html and in Dutch at
>http://www.uitgeverijpica.nl/index.html?page=achterbleven
>
>----Original Message Follows----
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>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: [WarBrides] 2006 Year of War Bride/Remembrance Day
>Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 09:27:42 -0700
>
>Yes, I did read somewhere that 2006 would be the year of the war bride but
>don't know who declared it. I also read that WBs would be declared veterans
>- or else I dreamed it!
>Just in passing - this is the week that Canadians honour the vets on
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