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PRESENTATION BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) OF THE SIR ROBERT BARRIE PROJECT COMMITTEE REGARDING THE FRAMED HMCS BARRIE’S ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL ENSIGN
Bill Sergeant provided a presentation concerning the framed HMCS Royal Canadian Naval Ensign.
Mr. Sergeant discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• The members of the Sir Robert Barrie Committee;
• The donors and contributors to the Sir Robert Barrie Project;
• A photograph illustrating the donation of HMCS Royal Canadian Naval Ensign;
• The history and significance of the ensign to Barrie;
• A photograph illustrating the HMCS Barrie (K-138) ship; and
• A photograph illustrating the HMCS Barrie (K-138) Crew 1945.
Mr. Sergeant invited Mayor, A. Nuttall, former Mayor and Honourable Colonel (Emritus) Janice Laking, and Norma-Jean Greenslade to participate in the unveiling of the framed HMCS Royal Canadian Naval Ensign.
Mr. Sergeant thanked Norma-Jean Greenslade for the donation of the ensign in memory of her late husband, David Lawrence Greenslade to the City of Barrie. Mayor Nuttall and Bill Sergeant presented a certificate and smaller reproduction painting of the HMCS Barrie to Norma-Jean Greenslade as a token of appreciation.
In closing, Mr. Sergeant thanked the many donors and made special mention of Matt and Heather Gleben as major donors of the Sir Robert Barrie Project The HMCS Barrie (K-138) Crew 1945 were recognized and saluted.
Mayor Nuttall acknowledged the Sir Robert Barrie Committee for all their work with the project. Mayor Nuttall thanked Ms. Greenslade for donating a piece of history back to Barrie.