By the spring of 1860, 40 to 50 Black men had enrolled in the Victoria Pioneer Rifle Corps and in July 1861 were officially sworn in. The Royal Navy supplied drill sergeants and the Corps financed and built a drill house. The Victoria Pioneer Rifle Corps is considered the first British or Canadian military unit formed west of Ontario.
Grafton Tyler Brown in his studio at the Occidental Hotel, corner of Wharf and Johnson street, Victoria B.C.,1883. Grafton Tyler Brown is […]
Performed by Lonnie Glass Lonnie’s two passions of music and history were ignited when he toured the southern United States in the […]
Jacob Francis fought discrimination by suing two bar owners for refusing to serve him. While he was not successful against the first […]
At this event Adelene performed a number of her favorite poems and spent time after the performance with the audience. The event […]
