June 6, 2019 marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. Did you know that there were graduates of Royal Roads involved in the conflict?
Remembrance Day is commemorated every year on November 11. A cenotaph installed in the Italian Garden in 1972 honours former Royal Roads cadets who lost their lives.
This year marks the centenary of the end of World War I. In the early 1920s, Dunsmuir sisters, Dola and Muriel, and Edward Molyneux, took time to tour the ruins of Europe in the aftermath of the war.
Events photographed from multiple angles not only gives us opportunity to understand the occasion from a broader perspective, but can also provide insight into the medium of photography.
Long summer days are here and for many that means taking some vacation time, relaxing and finally finding time for leisure activities. The Dunsmuirs enjoyed a variety of leisure activities.
In 1911, there were 127 Chinese labourers working and living at Hatley Park. From cooks, house boys, dishwashers, farm hands, stable hands and gardeners, they supported the property into the 1930s.
The area around Royal Roads University undoubtedly looked very different 150 years ago, and the influx of settlers to the area following the gold rush in the late 1850s brought industrial development.
In the museum at Royal Roads, we have a small collection of Dunsmuir family artifacts. Among them are three letters from a school in Piedmont, California, which Dola attended at age 17.
