The Bytown (Ottawa) Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is hosting a special dinner on Saturday, 8 September 2012. This is a fund-raising event to support the DAR Bytown Chapter History Award at Carleton University. The dinner, at the Museum of Civilization, will feature Victor Suthren, former Director General of the Canadian War Museum, speaking on Ottawa and the War of 1812. The title of his talk is “A Peaceful Place: The Wartime Origins of an Unwarlike Capital”. The evening is a celebration of the visit to Ottawa by Mrs. Merry Ann Wright, President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
For more information – contact Dorothy Meyerhof at 613-822-2946