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March 1, 2009 Posted by evelynyvonnetheriault | . | , , , , , | 6 Comments

Mohawk Warriors, Nam Knights & Canadian Vietnam War Vets

Yesterday I spent a few hours in Kahnawake at the Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow Wow. I went to see the dancers but what I’m sharing in this post is a photograph of the very stirring Grand Entrance of some Iroquois veterans of several Canadian and American armed conflicts.

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The Six Nations Confederacy – to which the Mohawk belong – straddles several provincial and international borders. The Mohawk have a long warrior tradition and in modern times they’ve served in both the Canadian and American Armed Services. The first three flags at the front are those of  the United States of America, Canada and the Iroquois Confederacy.

These veterans actually made two Grand Entrances because many of them had arrived en masse on motorcycles just an hour before. I happened to arrive at the same time and it was quite an eye opener for me because I didn’t realize that there were military motorcycle clubs. I noticed two types of insignia – Nam Knights and the Canadian Vietnam Veterans one pictured below.

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There were other insignia but I was a little too shy (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it!!!) to walk up and get a closer look!

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Related Posts:

Vintage Postcard: Iroquois Indians, Caughnawaga, Quebec
Kahnawa:ke – Home of the Haudenosaunee

Andre Mignier dit Lagace – what did he look like?

July 12, 2009 Posted by evelynyvonnetheriault | . | , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Vintage Postcard: Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec

Carre Dube, Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec  -28

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This is another vintage b/w postcard following my July theme: SIGNS.


Vintage sign for Cafe Gaiete

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Vintage Sign for “blue coal”

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Blue Coal is Anthracite - once used as heating fuel

Vintage signs for Sweet Caporal Cigarettes and Maple Leaf Farine

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Vintage sign for Pepsi-Cola (Buvez Pepsi-Cola, c’est ?????)

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Reverse: vintage postcard of Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec

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A Festival of Postcards (3rd Ed.) SIGNS – Call for Submissions by July 20th

Just For Fun!

The History of Pepsi Cola at The Diversity of My Thoughts (Blog)

July 11, 2009 Posted by evelynyvonnetheriault | . | , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

GenealogyWise & Postcards: A New Place To Meet

Readers who are part of the genealogy/family history community will have undoubtedly heard the buzz about the new social networking site GenealogyWise. If you’re like me you might be thinking “Yikes – another site – enough already!!!”

Well, I always check out anything that Thomas MacEntee suggests so I signed up and I found out that in addition to the usuall bells and whistles GenealogyWise also offers a really nifty Groups feature.

I’ve already made a POSTCARDS group here:

GenealogyWise POSTCARD Group

I think this will be a great place to post information about the Festival of Postcards, but more importantly it will be a great place to

Share tips, ideas & questions on how to use postcards to best support family history research & story-telling – but also to develop our own Best Practices when blogging about or with postcards.

I find that there are lots of interesting ideas and feedback in my Canadian Family Comment Boxes and I think the GenealogyWise POSTCARDS group might be a good place to continue those conversations.

So, please try it, you’ll like it!

Evelyn Yvonne

July 10, 2009 Posted by evelynyvonnetheriault | . | , , | No Comments Yet

Vintage Postcard: Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre, Quebec

Main Street, St. Anne de Beaupre, Quebec Canada

(Columbus House, Irish Shop, Colisee(?), Royal …Museum)

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Detail: Vintage Car in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre

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Can anyone date this car?

Reverse: Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre (Quebec)  Postcard

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Canada Series

Information:

The Post Card & Greeting Card Co., Ltd., Toronto – Canada Series – Canada Series is a guarantee of Canadian Manfacture – Made in Canada – Correspondence – Address Only __________________________________

Related Posts:

A Canadian Family Vintage Postcard Collection: QUEBEC


A Festival of Postcards (3rd Ed.) SIGNS – Call for Submissions July 20th


July 10, 2009 Posted by evelynyvonnetheriault | . | , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

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