As a tribute to the 2010 Centennial of The Canadian Navy, The Tantramar Heritage Trust has invited Dr. Marc Milner to delve into the rich history of our province (and our area) to examine relation(ships) between our beloved coastal land, our people and the Navy. As part of the Trust's annual fundraising dinner, Dr. Milner will speak on "New Brunswick and the Navy: The First Four Hundred Years". Other evening festivities include music, a trivia game featuring short skits from popular "sea-themed" materials (plays, movies, books etc.), and other fun.

Marc Milner, is Director of the Brigadier Milton F Gregg VC Centre for the Study of War and Society at the University of New Brunswick. A native of Sackville, NB, Dr Milner attended the University of New Brunswick and from 1983 to 1986 Milner was an historian with the Directorate of History, Department of National Defence, Ottawa, where he wrote portions of the RCAF's official and the first narrative of the new official history of the Royal Canadian Navy. Milner joined the History Department at UNB in 1986. Since then he has served as Director of UNB's Military and Strategic Studies Programme, and Chair of UNB's History Department for six years. Milner is best known for his work on naval history. His dissertation was published by University of Toronto Press in 1985 as North Atlantic Run: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Battle for the Convoys .

Since then he has published The U-Boat Hunters: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Offensive against Germany's Submarines (1995), Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy (co-authored with Ken Macpherson in 1993), a novel Incident at North Point (1998), a popular history HMCS Sackville 1940-1985 (1998) for the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust, Battle of the Atlantic (2003, which won the Charles P. Stacey Prize for the best book in military history in Canada for 2003-4), D-Day to Carpiquet: the North Shore Regiment and the Liberation of Europe , (2007). and Canada's Navy: the First Century (1999). He has also edited Canadian Military History: Selected Readings (1993), co-edited Military History and the Military Profession (1992), and several volumes in the NB Military Heritage Series. His articles have appeared in numerous journals and scholarly publications. Dr Milner writes a regular column on Canadian naval history for Legion Magazine , and the second (updated) edition of Canadaís Navy: The First Century was published just in time for the naval centennial.

Tickets : $50 per person ($25 tax receipt) includes dinner, the talk, and the other events. Cash Bar.

For further information, or to purchase or reserve tickets, please contact the Tantramar Heritage Trust at 536-2541 or tantramarheritage@nb.aibn.com

April - (to be confirmed) a Wednesday in April - History Talk - Sara Beanlands will give a presentation on Andrew Brown and the Acadian manuscripts.

May 15 - "A Taste of History" Fundraising Dinner - "NB at Sea - Our 400 Year Naval History" featuring a talk by Dr. Marc Milner, fine dining, short skits, and other surprises. SEE ABOVE

Also in May - we will be holding our AGM, please see our website for a confirmed date.

June 5 & 6 - We will be holding our popular "Museums Across the Marsh" event (with six other area museums)

Also in June - the Campbell Carriage Factory Museum will open for the season.

July 25 to August 17 - "Sundays and Tuesdays Under the Sky at the Campbell Carriage Factory" - an expanded "Heritage Arts Fair", featuring fine arts, music, theatre and literary arts. Also a Heritage Camp with the Town of Sackville's "Summerquest" programme.

September - watch for our Harvest Tea at Fall Fair.

October, November - History Talks on Wednesdays in October and November - to be confirmed.

December - watch out for our Christmas events - including possibly a dramatic (!) surprise . . .

Phone 536-2541 for confirmation of dates, and more events.