Please join us on Thursday, November 6 to welcome our guest speaker Cameron Cathcart.
The story of Victory Square is as exciting and dynamic as Vancouver itself and a recognized heritage asset in the City of Vancouver. Its story is that of our city’s growth from 1885 onward. The iconic location was the focal point of the city’s early business community and site of Vancouver’s first Court House. Renamed Victory Square after the First War, it has since become a place of remembrance for the past 90 years.
Cam Cathcart has an abiding interest in Victory Square both as Chair of the Vancouver Remembrance Day Committee and for the past 11 years, as the Master of Ceremonies each November 11th. He was a founding member of Friends of Victory Square, which led the campaign for the revitalization of the park 10 years ago.
In 30 years with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Cam served as CBC correspondent in Washington and Ottawa. He is a Director of the Churchill Society of B.C and President of the Royal United Services Institute Vancouver. In 2013 he was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.
An advocate of heritage, Cam is a long time member of Vancouver Heritage and for five years a member of the Vancouver Heritage Commission. In his presentation he will trace the history of Victory Square from its naming after World War One through to the present day. The park has also been a place of protest, from the turbulence of the 30’s, the Doukhobour occupation in the 60’s, to protests against the Olympics in 2010.
After a period of indifference and neglect, Victory Square is today a more inviting place: for visitors, local residents, students and workers. It also remains a place of remembrance and respect where memories are shared and rekindled.
Date: Thursday, November 6, 2014
Location: JJ’s Restaurant, Vancouver Community College Downtown Campus, 3rd Floor
Enter Building corner of Dunsmuir & Hamilton (parking available at Easy Park on Cambie Street)
Time: Reception 5:30 pm, Program from 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Cost: $25 each for a Member of the Society, $35 each for a non-Member
$40 for a Member accompanied by either a spouse, partner or an immediate family member
(The ticket cost includes a variety of hors d’oeuvres. Wine can be purchased for $6 per glass and soft drinks/coffee for $2)
Please inform our Administrator, April Accola, of your attendance by email at aprilaccola@hotmail.com or online at www.winstonchurchillbc.org/contact.