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The Merritt public library is having Al Horne give his presentation on Alexander the Great again this fall. The talks will be on Thursdays at 6 PM October 30th , November 6 & 13th.
In an interview with Al he said that he would be going over some of the tactics of the ancients in war, including getting out of the way of elephants. Al always provides a context to his particular lecture and often brings it to relevance of the present.
Registration is required at the desk in the public library.
Today in history: October 9th 1999
The last flight of the SR71
Al Horne is presenting the last of 3 lectures at the Merritt Public library tonight 6-8 PM. Al presents on Alexander the Great and the conquest of the Persian Empire.The Macedonians united Greece except for Sparta into nation to drive the Persian threat out of the world and give western culture peace and security. The peace lasted 40 years after Alexanders death before breaking up his empire into smaller ruling sections.
Al Horne is a retired history teacher with first hand travelers knowledge of the locations of the significant events in Greece’s world conquest.
Today in history: October 18 320
Pappus of Alexandria observes an eclipse of the sun and writes a commentary in the Great Astronomer Almagest
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There are some significant activities this week in Merritt, tonite the Alexander the Great Seminar continues at the library, presenter al Horne and his wife coördinate the slides and the talk.An Academic venture,in progress as the credits for photos of antiquity are yet to be published.
The Nicola Naturalists also have and AGM tonight at 7 o’clock at NVIT about 3 kilometers from the 6-8 presentation at the library.
There is also a member picture presentation after the expected brief business meeting.
Last evening there was an eco health forum that featured such speakers ad Scotty Holmes the chief o the Upper Nicola Indian band and others including representation from the Community round table at evening it was sparsely attended and coming to a conclusion in its second day of presentations and discussions.
Today in history, October 20th 1973
The Sydney Opera House opens.
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