On 20 June, Roger and his wife visited the historic Crowsnest Naval Officers Club in St. John’s, NF. Roger was invited to speak to the members of the Naval Officer’s Club and present his book Warships of the Bay of Quinte. During the visit he signed several copies of the book and donated a copy […]
HMCS GOOSE BAY is the first Royal Canadian Navy ship to have a copy of Roger’s book
While in St. John’s NF, Roger was able to visit two of Canada’s Ship’s, One a “stone frigate,” the Naval Reserve Unit HMCS CABOT and later the Canadian Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel, HMCS GOOSE BAY. The visit to CABOT was planned, Roger was able to meet with Lt. (N) Miller, Executive Officer and discuss some […]
HMCS SACKVILLE Book Signing and Luncheon
On Friday June 17th, Roger and his wife Rhonda were invited aboard HMCS SACKVILLE, Canada’s Naval Memorial located in Halifax Harbour for a luncheon with the trustees and members of Canada’s Naval Memorial Trust. The wardroom was elbow room only during the event. Roger was able to meet several members including the Commanding Officer and […]
Roger Litwiller Addresses Belleville City Council -donates his research to the Local Archives
On 24 May 2011, Roger was invited by Mayor Neil Ellis, to address the council of the City of Belleville at the regular council meeting. At that time Roger turned over to the City’s Archive his research that has been collected to write the chapter on HMCS BELLEVILLE in his book Warships of the Bay […]
Research for the Warships of the Bay of Quinte will contribute to a video vignette for the History Moments series
Roger Litwiller’s research for his book Warships of the Bay of Quinte will provide information for the production of a two-minute video vignette about the Hallowell family, whose name was given to land in Prince Edward County. It is this area of land that the Canadian Navy decided to name one of it’s frigates after, […]
Warships of the Bay of Quinte Book Launch -Archives and Collections Society in Picton
On April 29, 2011 Roger’s book Warships of the Bay of Quinte was officially launched at The Victory building, home of the Archives and Collections Society in Picton, Ontario. Activities commenced at 1 pm with a brief welcome by the host Dr. Paul Adamthwaite. Beth Bruder, Vice-President of Dundurn Publishing then spoke on behalf of […]