Today’s historical highlights include articles relating to World Wars I and II, as well as museum and website news.
As Remembrance Day approaches read this piece on how poppies became a symbol of World War I. (Also check out these Remembrance Day picture books.)
What does the silk industry have to do with World War I?
This just in: Hitler’s birth house to be demolished.
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, one of my favourite children’s novels, inspired this “Child’s Guide to Squatting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.” (Find more of my favourite books here.)
Richmond, British Columbia has an updated online archival database, which includes more photographs and more than 1,000 maps.
The Canadian Museum of History has an online exhibit of postal history. (Apparently October is #StampCollectingMonth.)
The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto has a new exhibition on 5,000 years of Syrian history.
Finally, I just heard about a new website all about T.S. Eliot.
May your weekend be a time of rest, relaxation, and reading.
Or food, friends, and fun. Or anticipation, adventure, and adrenaline. All the best!