STREETSVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING
Please Join Us Thursday, November 20, 2025 @ 7:00 PM
Canadian Royal Legion Branch 139, 101 Church Street, Streetsville (Upper Floor – Elevator Available)
Guest Speaker: TED BARRIS
We welcome our guest speaker Ted Barris, an accomplished author, journalist, broadcaster, and retired Centennial College professor. He will be speaking on his newly published book, Battle of Britain: Canadian Airmen in Their Finest Hour, the greatest aerial battle in history. The last time he spoke at the Legion there was an enthusiastic turnout so we are looking forward to his return. He has been publicly commended by Canadian vets for stressing the accomplishments of Canadians in service. His signed books will be available for sale.
As the German Luftwaffe sought to destroy the Royal Air Force, gain air superiority, and invade the British Isles, Commonwealth fighter pilots scrambled from U.K. airfields day after day and flew Hurricane and Spitfire fighter aircraft to thwart Hitler’s plan. They won, but paid dearly.
In his 22nd book of nonfiction – Battle of Britain: Canadian Airmen in Their Finest Hour – Ted Barris has assembled unknown stories of Canadian airmen, ground crew, as well as engineers, aeronautical designers, medical officers and civilians, who answered the call and turned back the very real threat of Nazi invasion. You know the outcome of the Battle of Britain, but now you’ll meet the Canadians who helped secure victory in the first last-stand of WWII.
Ted Barris has published 22 non-fiction books, half of them wartime histories. His book The Great Escape: A Canadian Story won the 2014 Libris Award as Best Non-Fiction Book in Canada. His book Dam Busters: Canadian Airmen and the Secret Raid Against Nazi Germany received the 2019 NORAD Trophy from the RCAF Association. And his book Rush to Danger: Medics in the Line of Fire was listed for the 2020 Charles Taylor Prize for Non-Fiction in Canada.
For information call Bernice at 905-826-7198
Refreshments Served
All are welcome, free of charge. A donation to the Eden Food For Change food bank would be appreciated!