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Wednesday, March 28 2012: Annual General Meeting (everyone welcome)
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Recent Events


January 22, 2012: PRE-Tree Ceremony Speakers Event Presentations by members of the SWCSVI Speakers Bureau speaking on Churchill. Speakers and topics:
  • Ray Kretchmar (as Sir Winston Churchill) - The Blitz
  • Stan Orchard - Churchill and Butterflies
  • Chris Gainor - Churchill's 1929 visit to Victoria
  • Paul Summerville - Social Justice and SWC
  • Mayo McDonough - Churchill Foundation Vancouver Island
January 22, 2012: Annual Tree Ceremony @ Beacon Hill ParkMembers of the SWCSVI and Les Leyne of the Victoria Times-Colonist for a champagne toast to honour Sir Winston Churchill and to commemorate the date of his death on January 24, 1965

Monday, November 28, 2011: Movie Monday screening of "The Battle of Britain"

Saturday, November 26, 2011: Churchill Birthday Luncheon


Friday, September 30, 2011 from 6 to 8:30 p.m.: Screening of the newly released film "Walking with Destiny"

Sunday, July 3, 2011: Winston Churchill the Artist presentation by historian Sidney Allinson
Coast Collective "Winston Churchill the Artist" poster:

Friday, June 24, 2011: Churchill Memorial Gala Dinner
"Churchill and Leadership" with John H. Maurer, leading Churchill expert, and noted author and Chair of the Strategy and Policy Department, Naval War College Newport, RI
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April 9, 2011: 1st Annual Impromptu Speaking Competition for Youth

March 30, 2011: Annual General Meeting with "The Gadgeteer and the Mad Professor: Churchill, Lindemann & Air Defence" by Dr. David Zimmerman

Churchillian Photo Contributions

Churchillian Photo Contributions
Chasing Churchill: About 2.5 hours up the N2 from Durban lies the monument to a moment in history that could have changed the world stage had Churchill not escaped his Boer captors (photo shared by Jim Runkel of Victoria B.C.)