Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Sir John A's Name Belongs On Downtown Building: Biographer

I have a story up today on the main page of OpenFile Ottawa, wherein I spoke to Richard Gwyn, the most recent biographer of Sir John A. Macdonald, and we spoke about the governments' recent renaming of the old Bank of Montreal building on Wellington Street in Macdonald's honour. Gwyn approves, but had a few other interesting anecdotes to pass along. It was a great conversation, and I'd like to chat with Gwyn at some future point as well, given that I am quite fascinated with early Confederation history (not to mention that his two-volume biography is a fantastic read).

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