BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN
TZID:Europe/London
X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:1195@artinliverpool.com
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20160903
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20160904
DTSTAMP:20160830T113937Z
URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/museum-liverpool-family-history-
 day/
SUMMARY:Museum Of Liverpool: Museum of Liverpool: Family History Day
DESCRIPTION:\n\nFAMILY HISTORY DAY AT MUSEUM OF LIVERPOOL\n\n\n\n\nUncover 
 your family’s First World War story\n\n\n\n\n A special family history 
 day will help visitors find out more about relatives who served in the Fir
 st World War at Museum of Liverpool on Saturday 3 September from 10.30-4pm
 .\n\nThe Museum\, which looks after the collections of the King’s Regime
 nt\, will provide access to a database which contains the biographical det
 ails of more than 90\,000 men who served in the Regiment during the First 
 World War. Genealogy and research experts are on hand to assist with those
  hoping to learn more about the King’s Regiment\, including Pals and Ter
 ritorials\; local men who signed up with other units\, as well as advice o
 n how to access local and national research resources.\n\nKaren O’Rourke
 \, Curator of Urban and Military History said: “Museum of Liverpool’s 
 family history day is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about how your
  relatives might have served during the First World War.\n\n“This year w
 e have been marking 100 years since the Battle of the Somme\, a battle in 
 which local men played a significant role. We expect to have lots of peopl
 e who’ve seen the centenary commemorations and are interested in finding
  out more about how their own family might have been involved.”\n\nExper
 ts and historians from the following societies and organisations will be o
 n hand to speak to visitors:\n\n 	National Museums Liverpool\n 	 King’s
  Regiment Database\n 	 King’s Regiment Archive\n 	 King’s Regiment A
 ssociation\n 	 Armed Forces charities\n 	 Liverpool and South West Lanca
 shire Family History Society\n 	 Liverpool Record Office\n 	 Liverpool H
 istory Society\n 	 Liverpool Pals Memorial Fund\n 	 Major Paul Knight (l
 ocal historian – Mesopotamia &amp\; Territorials)\n 	 Western Front Ass
 ociation\n 	 Liverpool John Moores University\n 	 Liverpool Wargames Ass
 ociation\n\nThe Museum’s First World War handling collection will be ava
 ilable for visitors to get an up close understanding of military life and 
 that of the Home Front. In addition there will be themed family crafts\, m
 usic and dancing\, roleplayers and live demonstrations by the Liverpool Wa
 rgames Association.\n\nThe Museum’s latest exhibition\, First World War:
  Charity and Liverpool’s Home Front continues the themes of the day. An 
 exploration of the work undertaken by some of the charity organisations fo
 rmed at this time to give much needed assistance to the returning soldiers
  and their families\, it also looks at how those charities are still carry
 ing out essential work today. \nwww.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/firstworldwar\
 n\nThe King’s Regiment Collection at the Museum of Liverpool\n\nCity Sol
 diers – Created in 1685\, the King’s Regiment is one of Britain’s ol
 dest regiments. It has been Liverpool’s regiment since 1881\, and is now
  amalgamated into the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment. Focusing on its long
  history and relationship with the city\, the gallery utilises the King’
 s Regiment collection\, which includes film\, video\, memoirs\, uniforms\,
  medals\, trophies and weaponry\, to tell the Regiment’s story. Visitors
  will be inspired to research their family history\, using the collection 
 and archive information as a starting point.\n\nFollow the Museum of Liver
 pool on Twitter (@MuseumLiverpool) as it marks the appalling loss of lives
  of local men who served during the First World War every day during the S
 omme centenary.\n\n
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload
 s/2016/08/family-history-day.jpg
LOCATION:Museum Of Liverpool\, Pier Head\, Liverpool Waterfront\, Liverpool
 \, L3 1DG\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom
GEO:53.406165;-2.995119
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Pier Head\, Liverpool Water
 front\, Liverpool\, L3 1DG\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100
 ;X-TITLE=Museum Of Liverpool:geo:53.406165,-2.995119
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/London
X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20160327T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:BST
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
END:VCALENDAR