PIN, LAPEL

Description: BRASS PIN WITH WHT, PNK, GRN, AND ORANGE ENAMEL. DISPLAYS LILY & ROSES, "CENTENNIAL 1905-2005" "HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF ALBERTA" ON OBVERSE. BACK STAMPED " ARTISS-REGINA CHINA"

History: DONOR RECEIVED PIN AT THE LETHBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY (LHS) EXECUTIVE MEETING ON JUNE 14, 2005. THE MEETING WAS HELD AT THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION WHERE, SHE RECEIVED THE PIN FROM THE LHS PRESIDENT, BARRY SNOWDEN. AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE LHS EXECUTIVE, THE DONOR RECEIVED THE PIN IN COMMEMORATION OF THE JOINT HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF ALBERTA (HSA) AND SASKATCHEWAN HISTORY AND FOLKLORE SOCIETY INC. THESE TWO SOCIETIES HOSTED A JOINT CONFERENCE AT LAKELAND COLLEGE IN LLOYDMINSTER, ALBERTA ON MAY 27-29, 2005. TO THE DONOR’S KNOWLEDGE, THIS WAS THE FIRST JOINT CONFERENCE HELD BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN. THE CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN CELEBRATION OF THE TWO PROVINCES’ 2005 CENTENNIALS. SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE LETHBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TRAVELED TO LLOYDMINISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE WHICH AFFORDED THE ATTENDEES THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR MUSEUMS AND HISTORIC SITES AS WELL AS ATTEND LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS. THE DONOR STATED THAT THE PIN REPRESENTED THE ROLE OF THE LHS AND HSA AND IN THE PRESERVATION OF LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL HISTORY. THE DONOR ADDITIONALLY ACTED AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR SIMILAR EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN DURING THE CENTENNIAL. SHE STATED THAT SHE REPRESENTED “THE GRASSROOTS INTEREST IN THE CENTENNIAL THAT COMES FROM THE PEOPLE AND NOT THE PROVINCE AND REFLECT(ED) THE PRIDE THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN COMING FROM THESE TWO PROVINCES.”