PROGRAM|TAG, IDENTIFICATION

Description: CLEAR PLASTIC PROTECTOR, CONSISTS OF 2 POCKETS, THE SMALLER ONE FOLDING OVER THE LARGER. A SINGLE SIDED GREEN CARD FITS INTO SMALLER POCKET. CARD READS "ALBERTA-N.W.T. COMMAND THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION OBSERVER 42ND BIENNIAL CONVENTION LETHBRIDGE, JUNE, 2001 NAME KEVIN MACLEAN BRANCH GEN. STEWART BR. NO. 4". PROGRAM FITS INTO LARGER POCKET. PROGRAM IS A SINGLE PIECE OF HEAVY PAPER FOLDED INTO 3 EQUAL SECTIONS. PROGRAM IS WHITE WITH BLUE PRINT. ON FRONT READS "PROGRAM 42NC BIENNIAL CONVENTION ALBERTA-N.W.T. COMMAND THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION ENMAX CENTRE (SPORTS PLEX) JUNE 10 - 13, 2001 LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA". ON BACK IS THE LEGION CREST.

History: DONOR HAS BEEN A LEGION MEMBER SINCE 1995. HE JOINED THE LETHBRIDGE BRANCH ON ACCOUNT OF HIS INTEREST IN LOCAL MILITARY HISTORY AND THE FACT HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER ENLISTED IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN LETHBRIDGE. DONOR HAD NO MILITARY EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO JOINING. IN 1998 HE CURATED THE MUSEUM EXHIBIT "A CALL TO SERVE" HIGHLIGHTING THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE LOCAL LEGION. AS A RESULT, HE WAS INVITED TO GET INVOLVED IN A MORE ACTIVE CAPACITY. IN NOVEMBER OF 1998 HE WAS ELECTED TO THE EXECUTIVE OF THE NO. 4 BRANCH AND SERVED A TWO-YEAR TERM. HE SERVED ON THE POPPY, REMEMBRANCE DAY AND MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEES. MATERIAL WAS COLLECTED DURING HIS EXECUTIVE ACTIVITIES OR IN SUPPORT OF ONGOING LEGION EVENTS/ACTIVITIES. **UPDATE: COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK INTERVIEWED OBJECT DONOR KEVIN MACLEAN ON SEPT 13, 2018 AS PART OF HER 2017-2019 RELEVANCY AUDIT ASSIGNMENT. MACLEAN MADE NEW COMMENTS ON PERSONAL DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN 1995 AND 2002, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HIS MEMORIES OF HIS DONATED BUTTONS, LEGION SERVICE MATERIAL, AND MILLENNIUM (YEAR 2000) NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION OBJECTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE ITEMS AND OTHERS, INCLUDING A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW, SEE THIS RECORD'S PERMANENT FILE.