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Since September 2020, the Historical Society of Ottawa has presented a virtual speakers series using Zoom. A full recording of those presentations is available on the HSO YouTube channel and shown here as well.

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Year 1848
Date September 26

Saturday, 05 June 2021 15:36

The Assassination of D'Arcy McGee

At our May 12th 2021 meeting, James Powell, HSO director and author of the popular blog "Today in Ottawa's History", took the audience back in time to the assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Fathers of Canadian Confederation.

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The Rise and Fall of the Daly Building

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Year 1905
Date June 14

Television Arrives in Ottawa

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Year 1953
Date June 2

Wednesday, 11 September 2019 15:48

1968 - Touring Ottawa

Amateur film of from Maitland Avenue along the Queensway to downtown, around Parliament, to Champlain point, along the Ottawa River, Dows Lake and many other places in town.