About this Event
Six-year-old Robin emerged from the shelter to find his family home bombed. His mother wrapped him in a Canadian Red Cross quilt. Canadian quilters sent over 400,000 comfort quilts to Britain in WW II, 43,000 from Alberta. As quilts resurfaced in the UK, the Canadian Red Cross Quilt Research Group formed to collect, document, and research our quilts. In 2023, 64 quilts came home with stories of the people who received them. Lucie Heins talks about this amazing project!
Presented in Partnership with Chinook Country Historical Society, a Chapter of the Historical Society of Alberta. CCHS is dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of Canadian and Alberta history for people of all ages. Organized in 1958 and incorporated in 1993, CCHS covers the region from Olds to Nanton and from the BC border to the Saskatchewan border. For more information on our societies, please visit the following websites:
Chinook Country Historical Society: www.chinookhistory.ca
Historical Society of Alberta: www.albertahistory.org
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