The Souris Valley Museum held its first Flashback Friday events last week, this time focusing on the 1920s.
Every two weeks the museum will have another Flashback event and explore the decades chronologically, with July 28 looking at the 1930s.
“It’s a program where we partnered with the Estevan Public Library and it’s a program that features different decades throughout the months of July and August,” said Mark Veneziano, director — curator for the Souris Valley Museum.
“So we have two sessions for July, today’s is the 1920s, and then on July 28 we’ll be learning about the 1930s, so it is every other Friday and we learn about various things in the history of Canada and Estevan and we have a history lesson, a little activity and some snacks.”
For August the first event will begin with a look at the 1940s and Canada’s contribution to the Second World War, then on Aug. 25 children will get schooled on the 1950s and be treated to a mini malt milkshake stand, which was+ all the rage during that decade.
The program runs for an hour between 10 and 11 a.m. and is designed to be a fun way to learn about Canada and Estevan’s histories with the only cost being a donation to the museum.
“It gives them (children) the opportunity to learn about the different decades and what happened, what was significant in Canadian history at these times,” said Veneziano.
