July 28, 2017
My final day as a guest at “A Wee Bit of Heaven B&B”, I headed into Winnipeg for a tour of the #CanadianMuseumofHumanRights. The next leg of my vacation takes me to Selkirk for a few days at Evergreen Gate Bed and Breakfast.
The pictures attached speak to the incredible architecture and design of this stunning building. My words won’t do justice. The overall theme of the interiors was to work upward from the “darkest” of our country’s history to the “lightest”.
Each floor of the building showcased a gallery of photos and images and stories of our history. I learned about Hugo Grotius, a Dutch jurist and philosopher, considered to be the “father of international law”, and Lester Pearson ( an airport in Ontario, Canada bears his name), who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for his peacekeeping work.
I was most intrigued by a photo/gallery of a woman named #ViolaDesmond.
She was a Canadian Civil Rights Activist that fought for the right of Blacks in the early 1940’s when she challenged racial segregation by sitting in the “white” section of a local cinema in New Glasgow, NS. She was arrested and spent the night in jail.
In 2010, she was posthumously pardoned by the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and in 2018 became the first woman to be featured on our new $10 bill.
This building is a must see and visit for anyone wishing to learn more about the #Metis, the history of Manitoba, our history, our challenges, our mistakes and our successes.
Thank you for reading and letting me share.
Joye
Single Older Woman - Living Life Passionately 
Way to go Viola! I actually have one of the $10 bills taped onto my desk cabinet! Museums are so interesting!
LikeLike