by K-J | 1 Aug 2024 | History, News
Brayden Sutherland is a summer student working at the RCA Museum at CFB Shilo. He is seen holding the “Over the Top: Canada and the First World War” historic needlepoint on display. (Photo: K-J Millar/Shilo Stag Media) K-J MillarShilo Stag Media, with...
by K-J | 6 Jun 2024 | History, News
Photo: SUPPLIED: Canadian Press war correspondent Ross Munro typing a story in the field in Italy, August 1943 (Library and Archives Canada). Submitted by RCA Museum, By: Johnathon Ferguson, First Published in Gunner 2021 The 80th anniversary of D-Day is commemorated...
by K-J | 10 Jan 2024 | History, News
Colonel D.T. Irwin’s tunic is held in the RCA Museum at CFB Shilo. (Photo: Supplied) Shilo Stag SubmissionBy: Venessa Léger, RCA Museum Uniforms to the Canadian Army are considered an “outward symbol of its commitment, identity and ethos” that...
by K-J | 6 Oct 2023 | CAF/DND, Community, History, News
To mark Women’s History Month, Lieutenant-General Bourgon said in a message on Oct. 5 that women have a significant role in the Canadian Armed Forces. Photo: supplied Edited: K-J MillarShilo Stag October is Women’s History Month in Canada. It’s a time to...
by K-J | 26 Jul 2023 | History
Andrew Oakden Stag Special The origins of the RCA Museum started well before its official opening in 1962. After the Second World War, senior officers in the Canadian Artillery wanted a centralized museum to honour the service of the more than 200,000 Canadian Gunners...
by K-J | 19 Jul 2023 | History
Venessa Léger Stag Special Occasionally, RCA Museum staff are lucky enough to find artifacts which tell a complete story. Such is the case with a collection of old photos and records donated years ago by Mary Bennett, wife of the late SSgt Albert Thomas Bennett....
