Wednesday, N ovem ber 10, 1999 T H E O A K V IL L E B E A V E R C1 Arts & Entertainment OFFICIAL MEDIA SPONSOR OF THE OAKVILLE CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Oakville Beaver Entertainm ent Editor: Carol Baldwin 8 4 5 -3 8 2 4 (Extension 254) Fax: 3 3 7 -5 5 6 7 Photos by Peter C. McCusker Jane McGillivray, left, Ken Cutmore, above, and William (Bill) Cook all had their war stories to tell at the opening of the new exhib it at Oakville Museum, titled Shadows o f War: Not So Long Ago in the 20th Century... Remembering Oakville' s part in the World Wars By Sheila Creighton SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER ' S hadows o f War: Not So Long Ago in the 20th Century... is a new exhibit at the Oakville Museum featuring the partici pation of Oakville residents in the First and Second World Wars. Countless Canadians served their country at home and abroad in both World Wars. Yet nowadays, many young people have no concept of what it means to live in a country at war, even though scarcely a family in Canada remained untouched by the human tragedy from those two wars that scarred the first half of this fleeting century. As in the rest of this country, residents of the Town of Oakville did duty to defend its citi zen's right to freedom and peace. Per capita, Oakville men and women stood first in Canada for participation. Due to an overwhelm "W hat is k in d o f n eat is In the First World War, ing response, Hudson will more than 600,000 Canadi continue to collect and add q u ite a few people, especially ans served overseas with to the visual records for younger ones, have been the exhibit, which will more than 65,000 giving in spired to delve deeper in to become a valuable their lives. Canadians serv ing in the Second World resource for school pro th eir fa m ily' s participation grams and visitors alike. War surpassed one million an d are bu sy tracking down with approximately 45,000 "I hope that it continues fam ily ph otos for th eir killed in action. to grow. I'll just keep ow n sen se o f h isto ry." expanding the story," Hud Countless others sup ported the war effort from son explains. their work here at home. The photographs col Deborah Hudson, curator of Shadows o f lected for the exhibit came from all sorts of War, says, `This exhibit is special and different places. Some were even found inside the wall because it became more community focused. If of a historic home on Navy Street. it's successful, it's because the community "What is kind of neat is quite a few people, responded. So many people came forward with especially younger ones, have been inspired to their stories and photographs. I think the photos delve deeper into their family's participation make the exhibit." and are busy tracking down family photos for their own sense of history," Hudson adds. "Everyone who served in the war did equally important jobs whether they were here or abroad. For instance, not too many people know about the number of Canadian ships lost in the St. Lawrence, sunk by German submarines. Halifax was a very busy place during the war effort, it was a leaving point for convoys." For this exhibit, Hudson had an opportunity to look through people's photo albums with the albums' owners narrating their stories as she went along. `Those are the true historic docu ments - anything that comes after, whether it be an exhibit, a book, or whatever, pales in comparison and is more removed than the real experience," she says. "People bring the war to life when they're talking about it. I just got the best education of World War II that I could ever have - they're real, that is what oral history is (See `Freedom' on page C2) ORGANIZATIONAL IDEAS... 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