BC Place lights up in advance of British Home Child Day
September 25th, 2019
BC Place will light up red, white and blue tonight in advance of National British Home Child Day on Saturday, September 28th.
Acknowledged annually on September 28th, National British Home Child Day recognizes the more than 100,000 boys and girls brought to Canada from the British Isles as child immigrants and indentured labourers between 1869 and 1948. It’s estimated that there are four million descendants of British Home Children living in Canada today. 2019 marks the 150th year since the first British Home Child arrived in 1869.
To learn more, visit www.britishhomechildren.com
Media Contact:
Duncan Blomfield
Marketing & Communications Manager, BC Place
Tel: (604) 661-7360 Email: DBlomfield@bcpavco.com