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Hitler Youth: Duped into Indoctrination
“I believe the children are our future.” Okay, that was the one and only Whitney Houston but in this case, Hitler shared the same view...
Gabrielle Bossy
Dec 19, 20143 min read
Uncle Sam vs. Bob Dylan: Vietnam Protest Music of the 1960s
If necessity is the mother of invention, 1960s youth had a need to be heard. Through art, bread and puppet protests, sit-ins and...
Gabrielle Bossy
Dec 12, 20143 min read
Why Hierarchies of Suffering & Evil are Useless: A look at immesurable qualities as arguments
“Stalin did in one winter what it took Hitler four years to do. He was so much worse” “It was scarier to be a prisoner in a death camp...
Gabrielle Bossy
Dec 5, 20143 min read
Doctor Anton Jones of Clandeboye, Ontario
In the late 1800s, Canadian doctors were only just beginning to discover and practice germ theory. For the rural doctor, this meant...
Gabrielle Bossy
Nov 20, 20144 min read
"Back in the Old Folky Days": The Riverboat Coffee House
Today, standing at 134 Yorkville Avenue, one is surrounded by hair salons, fine dining and Starbucks Coffee in the midst of one of...
Gabrielle Bossy
Nov 2, 20142 min read
The Franklin Expedition and Operation Northern Quest
My summer internship at The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum ended rather serendipitously. In my last few weeks in the archives, the...
Gabrielle Bossy
Oct 6, 20142 min read
Farm Aid 2014
This past weekend marked the twenty ninth anniversary of Farm Aid. With what promised to be a spectacular line up and a wonderful cause,...
Gabrielle Bossy
Sep 15, 20147 min read
Before Rosa Parks There Was Claudette Colvin
Ask any of your friends to name the heroes of the civil rights movement in the United States. Go ahead, ask. I’ll wait. Martin Luther...
Gabrielle Bossy
Aug 14, 20143 min read
Concert Etiquette: Brought to You by a Brief Hiatus From Historical Blogging
Although I love my history blog, once in a while I feel moved by a topic enough to blog outside the historical realm. So for all of you...
Gabrielle Bossy
Jul 21, 20144 min read
The 27 Club
FACT Mag “It’s better to burn out than to fade away.” These Neil Young lyrics were found in a death letter written by Kurt Cobain on...
Gabrielle Bossy
Jun 14, 20143 min read
Prosecuting Hate: An In-Depth Look at the Zundel Trials and Why We Should Expose Holocaust Denial
Alas, I am delivering on a promised post about Holocaust denial and the Ernst Zundel trials. It’s a bit lengthy but I hope you enjoy it!...
Gabrielle Bossy
Jun 2, 201421 min read
My First Few Weeks at the Royal Canadian Regiment Museum
So my internship at The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum is in full swing- and I am loving it! Most of it anyways. My job consists of four...
Gabrielle Bossy
May 21, 20144 min read
Concluding a Masters Course Work:A Recap
When I was applying to university in grade twelve, I was incredibly adamant that I would not become a Western Mustang. I meant no...
Gabrielle Bossy
May 7, 20147 min read
Record Store Day 2014: Making History
So this is a history blog- I know. What does Record Store Day 2014 have to do with history? Well…at Third Man Records we were making...
Gabrielle Bossy
Apr 21, 20147 min read
"This is the end, beautiful friend, the end": Wrapping Up The World's Smallest Rock n' Roll Museum
Well, the semester is slowly winding down and man I cannot believe I’ve finished the last class of my Master’s degree. That flew by. ...
Gabrielle Bossy
Apr 13, 20149 min read
Crate Diving is Good for the Soul
While other engagements have meant I’ve had very little time to work on my physical rock n’ roll museum over the weekend, I have been...
Gabrielle Bossy
Mar 31, 20141 min read
Coming Along...
Slowly but surely the rock n’ roll museum is coming along! I have the basic structure done and have painted two walls. The biggest piece...
Gabrielle Bossy
Mar 29, 20142 min read
A Firm Deadline Does the Trick
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about myself during the Public History program, it’s that I am just one of those people who requires a...
Gabrielle Bossy
Mar 19, 20142 min read
It Looks Good but Does it Work?
In short, no. At least not yet. And really, does it even look that good? In short, no. At least not yet. BUT IT WILL. Today I started...
Gabrielle Bossy
Mar 13, 20141 min read
When You Realize Why You Study History
Every once in a while, I think every historian gets in a slump and questions why they spend hours upon hours reading academic journal...
Gabrielle Bossy
Mar 13, 20144 min read
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