Monthly Archives: August 2015
TRIVIA TRAIL: EIFFEL TOWER MILESTONE
Question: Something special happened at the Eiffel Tower on August 30th, 1993. What was it? Answer: It received its 150,000,000 millionth visitor! Not bad for a ‘temporary’ structure built for the World Fair held in Paris in 1889. And just for fun, check out: http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-eiffel-tower
HISTORIC WORTH-A-VISIT: THE PNE
If you’re going to be in or around Vancouver, B.C., Canada towards the end of August, check out the exhibition that’s been held there since 1910. Now known as the Pacific Northwest Exhibition (PNE), it was originally called the Industrial Exhibition and was the second largest exhibition in North America after the New York State […]
HISTORY LURE: RECREATION OF FAMOUS STRUCTURES
If you have kids who like to build with LEGO®, K’NEX®, Tinkertoy®, or other construction toys, you might be able to spark an interest in history with a challenge to make a replica of something famous, the idea being that they might then be interested in knowing why it was famous. One possibility for this […]
HISTORIC WORTH-A-VISIT: ALBERTA’S UKRAINIAN CULTURAL VILLAGE
Canada is made up of peoples from many different lands, and a glimpse into the lives of settlers from the Ukraine can be found at the open-air museum 50 km (30 miles) east of Edmonton. http://history.alberta.ca/ukrainianvillage/
HAPPY B.C. DAY 2015
I know today is a holiday in several other Canadian provinces too, but I live in British Columbia, so, Happy B.C. Day!
Time Travelling With Kids 