recollections of Oshawa
residents for younger
generations. (This project
can be viewed at
www.oshawamuseum.org/projects/
projects.php.)
   This virtual exhibit of
Stories from the Homefront:
Oshawa During the Second
World War expands on material

collected for the publication
with supplementary research
and images, archival
documents and artifacts from
the museum's collections.
   With a rich assortment of
images, videos and audio
clips of Oshawa's residents,
the exhibit describes life in
Oshawa during and after World

War II: the war's impact on
industry, family life,
rationing, women in the
workforce, leisure
activities, media,
communication and the
transition years after the
war.
   As the wartime generation
fades, they take their tales

with them. In celebration of
the 60th Anniversary of the
end of World War II, it seems
fitting to pay tribute to
those Canadians who
sacrificed so much, not on
the battlefield, but right
here on the homefront.