6 November 2023
Welcome to the November 2023 edition of The Despatch, the Military Communications and Electronics Museum Newsletter.
12 October 2023
Welcome to the October 2023 edition of The Despatch, the Military Communications and Electronics Museum Newsletter.
20 September 2023
Welcome to the September 2023 edition of The Despatch, the Military Communications and Electronics Museum Newsletter.
17 August 2023
Welcome to the August 2023 edition of The Despatch, the Military Communications and Electronics Museum Newsletter!
6 July 2023
Welcome to the July 2023 edition of The Despatch, the Military Communications and Electronics Museum Newsletter!
8 June 2023
Welcome to the June edition of The Despatch, Military Communications and Electronics Museum Newsletter!
6 February 2023
Happy New Year!
The new year at the Military Communications and Electronics Museum (MCEM) starts with a wonderful gathering of friends! The MCEM is hosting Coffee with Veterans on Tuesday January 17 at 1000. Be prepared to eat, drink and converse!
Have you had a chance to see our new Special Exhibition? Below! NORAD’s Underground Fortresses is at the MCEM right now.
Read our full article here: https://kingstongarrisonnews.ca/index.php/2023/01/06/january-museum-happenings/
14 November 2022
Across Canada, November is when we pay tribute to those that served Canada as members of the Canadian Armed Forces. On Remembrance Day we honour those who paid the highest cost in times of conflict on November 11 at 1100.
11 October 2022
In 1967, Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau famously said, “There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.” By 1969, homosexuality had been decriminalized between two consenting adults in Canada.
8 September 2022
On August 19, 1942 Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid started. The attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France consisted of over 6,050 troops, mostly Canadian soldiers, supported by a regiment of tanks, that had to put ashore under the protection of Royal Air Force (RAF) fighters. The troops were supposed to land, hold the location, and destroy German defences. It was supposed to boost Allied morale.
8 September 2022
The Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) was created in 1942. Nicknamed the “Wrens,” these women served in 48 trades, including coders, visual signalers, teletype operators, switchboard and radio operators, plotters and telegraphists.
11 August 2022
If you’ve dropped into the museum since we’ve reopened, you’ve seen uniformed personnel at the front entrance. The uniformed personnel are Personnel Awaiting Training (PATs) supplied by the Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics (CFSCE) to help support the operations of the museum.