Events & Activities

Society Program: A Life in Pictures

York Sunbury Historical Society Program All evening programs take place at Old Government House (51 Woodstock Road, Fredericton) at 7:30pm. We can park on site and come in the side entrance and programs are free and open to the public! The York Sunbury Historical Society presentation on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at Old Government House: [...]

By |2012-03-14T12:30:35-03:00March 14th, 2012|Events & Activities|0 Comments

A Black Leader of White Men: Sergeant Arthur Eatman with the Carleton and York Regiment at War in Sicily, 1943

York Sunbury Historical Society Program All evening programs take place at Old Government House (51 Woodstock Road, Fredericton) at 7:30pm. We can park on site and come in the side entrance and programs are free and open to the public! Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 7:30 at Old Government House Speaker: Dr. Lee Windsor Dr. [...]

By |2012-02-14T13:44:29-04:00February 14th, 2012|Events & Activities|0 Comments

New Brunswick history and politics combine for a Winter Tales event

Media release – January 13, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [January 12, 2012] As part of the ongoing Goose Lane Editions/Fredericton Public Library co-operative series Winter Tales: Writers on Writing, we are proud to announce a night of two authorial heavyweights who will enliven the long Fredericton night with fascinating glimpses of the stories behind their [...]

By |2012-01-17T09:30:10-04:00January 17th, 2012|Events & Activities|0 Comments

York Sunbury Historical Society Announces 2011 Martha J. Harvey Award Recipients

Fredericton, NB— December 2, 2011:  The York Sunbury Historical Society (YSHS) announces the recipients of the 2011 Martha J. Harvey Awards of Distinction.  The annual awards honour outstanding contribution to the field of history in central New Brunswick.  Award winners, chosen from nominations from YSHS members, will be recognized at the Society Christmas [...]

By |2011-12-02T15:01:42-04:00December 2nd, 2011|Events & Activities|0 Comments

York Sunbury Historical Society Program: New Brunswickers in the American Civil War

Image by elycefeliz via FlickrThursday, November 17, 2011 at 7:30 at Old Government House Speaker: Greg Marquis Title: "New Brunswickers in the American Civil War" This talk will discuss what motivated men from New Brunswick to fight in the Civil War, mainly for the North, and how this involvement was viewed 'back home.' Examples will [...]

By |2011-11-08T10:27:05-04:00November 8th, 2011|Events & Activities|0 Comments

Public Art as Artifact and Icon: The Robert Burns Statue in Fredericton

Robert Burns Monument Postcard (Fredericton, New Brunswick) York Sunbury Historical Society evening programs take place at Government House (51 Woodstock Road, Fredericton) at 7:30pm on the third Thursday of most months. We can park on site and come in the side entrance and programs are free and open to the public! Thursday, October [...]

By |2011-10-12T12:52:34-03:00October 12th, 2011|Events & Activities|0 Comments

The Story of Making the York Street Railway Station

York-Sunbury Historical Society Meeting on September 15, 2011, 7:30pm at Government House: The Story of Making the York Street Railway Station Presented by Ian Robertson, Curator of the York-Street Railway Exhibit and a Past-Past President of Fredericton Heritage Trust and Jim O’Neil, Circus Historian. Ian Robertson will present the Exhibit Panels and provide the background [...]

By |2011-09-13T15:13:05-03:00September 13th, 2011|Events & Activities|0 Comments

From Black Bag to High Science Exhibit Opening

On August 2nd, the Fredericton Region Museum held the official launch of its medical history exhibit.  With the assistance of the summer students and some really great volunteers, the Museum was given a good scrub, chairs were set up, nibblies purchased and the finishing touches placed on the exhibit.  It was a very busy [...]

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