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About Michael K. Barbour

Michael K. Barbour is the Director of Faculty Development and a Professor of Instructional Design for the College of Education and Health Sciences at Touro University California. He has been involved with K-12 online learning in a variety of countries for well over a decade as a researcher, teacher, course designer and administrator. Michael's research focuses on the effective design, delivery and support of K-12 online learning, particularly for students located in rural jurisdictions.

Historic Pictures – Western Command Annual Conventions

A thank you to Doug Lock (Secretary of the International Western USA Zone) who shared these photos with us during our 90th anniversary year.  Comrade Lock had received them from the survivor of a deceased Member of Branch 156 (Manhattan Beach) –  possibly the family of the late .  Also, thanks to the Vacaville Heritage Council for scanning most of the photos in for us.

There were also two pictures that were included in this project that did not have any identifying information on them.

Remembered Light – The McDonald Windows at the Veterans Gallery

This is an exhibit that may be of interest to our members in the Bay Area.


Interfaith Center at the Presidio

Unleashing the Power of

Interreligious Cooperation

Remembered Light

The McDonald Windows

Remembered Light – Glass Fragments from World War II

The McDonald Windows

A special exhibit featuring works of glass art, incorporating stained glass shards collected by Chaplain Frederick Alexander McDonald during his service in the U.S. Army during World War II.

The exhibit will be at the

Veterans Building, Veterans Gallery (Suite 102)

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

August 28 – November 20, 2022

 Wednesday through Sunday 1 – 6pm.

To learn more about the exhibit and The McDonald Windows please visit:https://www.interfaithpresidio.org/mcdonald-windows.html

 

P.O. Box 29055, San Francisco, CA 94129

(415) 561-3930 (office) * (415) 515-5681 (cell)

www.interfaithpresidio.org * mailto:presidiointerfaith@gmail.com

Consultation Results- Health Claims Processing

If this applies to any of our Canadian members, please be sure to check out the results of the consultation process.


The VAC Health Claims Processing consultation results are in. Thank you for your participation.

The feedback you provided will help us improve the requirements and implementation of our next Federal Health Claims Processing Services contract.

You can read the consultation recap on Let’s Talk Veterans: Health Claims Processing.
Sincerely,

Stakeholder Engagement and Outreach Team

Veterans Affairs Canada

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The myth of dying a glorious death at war

An item from the Legion Magazine.


Stephen J thorne

IWM

The myth of dying a glorious death at war

STORY BY STEPHEN J. THORNE

 

The letter out of 44 Casualty Clearing Station, British Expeditionary Force, France, is neatly written in vivid blue ink on a creased and wrinkled page of notebook paper, its edges stained deep red in an oddly patriotic, if not disturbing, rendering of time or maybe circumstance.

Written by the chaplain to the forces, Leonard T. Pearson, it’s dated July 10, 1917.

There’s no destination address recorded on the page, but the recipient was William John Paul of Burin, Nfld., a merchant and father of Private Reginald Paul.

Twenty-one-year-old Reginald had been a member of the storied Newfoundland Regiment. He was killed on the first day of battle at the Somme—July 1, 1916. A day venerated by Newfoundlanders.

 

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Canada’s Nursing Sisters of the First World War

STORY BY SHARON ADAMS

The Hall of Honour in the centre block on Parliament Hill was designed to take your breath away.

The soaring arches and vaulted ceilings draw the eye upward. Soft light from high windows imparts a warm glow to the limestone.

It feels like a space built for a high purpose. It is used for state occasions and formal parliamentary events.

Along the walls are commemorative plaques, reliefs and statues. The largest among them is the Nursing Sisters’ Memorial.

 

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