The Saskatchewan Archives is pleased to host a Remembrance Day event commemorating the beginning of the First World War as experienced by the people of Saskatchewan: From the Prairies to the Trenches - Saskatchewan and the First Months of the First World War.
The afternoon event features readings from the Archives' textual collection and an excerpt from a 1975 audio interview with a Great War veteran. The event also launches a multi-year historic newspaper digitization project jointly undertaken by Saskatchewan Archives and Saskatchewan History Online. This project, once completed, will provide online access to all weekly newspapers from 1878 - 1964 in the Saskatchewan Archives' collection.
The current release focuses on the early years of the First World War, featuring local weekly papers from English, French, German and Ukrainian communities across Saskatchewan.
Members of the public are welcome to attend the event on November 6th, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. in Room 218 at the Legislative Building, Regina.
