The Appin Cemetery Memorial
This year we remembered the people in The Appin Cemetery. Time: 2:00 p.m. on July 28, 2024 Location: The Appin Cemetery, 22886 Thames Road (Concession 2, Lot 12) Link to interactive G&DHS Cemetery Map.
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Aug 21 The McEachren Collection @ Forty-87
4087 Olde Drive, Glencoe, ON 4087 Olde Drive,, Olde Drive, Ontario7:00 p.m. Arrive at 4087 Olde Drive, Glencoe, ON. Bring your lawn chairs. Stroll around the half-acre tractor collection.
7:30 p.m. Dave McEachren will tell us about local dealer history.
8:00 p.m. Explore the new museum.
Executive Meeting August 26
The Archives 178 McKellar Street, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex), OntarioUpcoming Executive Meeting.
Glencoe Fair Sept 20, 21
Glencoe Fair 268 Currie Street, Glencoe, OntarioGlencoe & District Historical Society will be there! For more information: https://glencoefair.ca/
Indigenous Music & Artisan Festival
Agriplex at Western Fair, London, ON 845 Florence St, London,, OntarioHere are the details for the Truth & Reconciliation event to be held at the London Agriplex September 29, 29, 30. Link Organized by Chippewa of the Thames and many partners and sponsors.
Japanese Canadians in the 1940s.
Museum Strathroy-Caradoc 34 Frank Street, Strathroy, OntarioGrounded in research from Landscapes of Injustice – a 7 year multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, community engaged project, this exhibit explores the dispossession of Japanese Canadians in the 1940s. It illuminates the loss of home and the struggle for justice of one racially marginalized community. The story unfolds by following seven narrators. Learn about life for Japanese Canadians in Canada before war, the administration of their lives during and after war ends, and how legacies of dispossession continue to this day.
Rooted and Remembered book launch
The Archives 178 McKellar Street, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex), OntarioCome meet local novelist CJ Frederick as she describes the experience of digging around to find out the meaning behind a simple memorial plaque on a unique buttonwood tree near Carruthers Corners.
Plant a tree to honour our author, Peter McArthur
Eddie Cemetery 4490 Glendon Dr, Glencoe, OntarioPeter McArthur died October 28, 1924 and we will plant a tree in his honour at the Eddie Cemetery October 27, 2024.
2:00 p.m.
Please park across the road in Mark McGill's farm laneway. We have his permission. Do not park along the highway. It's a dangerous knoll.
Lesson: The Gaelic Language
St. Peter's Anglican Church 29596 Lakeview Line, Wallacetown, OntarioTrevor Aitken returns for another Gaelic language lesson at the historic St. Peter's Anglican Church at 29596 Lakeview Line, Wallacetown, Ontario near the Backus Page Museum. November 2nd at 2:00 p.m. A free event.
Brown Tom’s Schooldays Book Launch—Brantford
Woodland Cultural Centre 184 Mohawk St , Brantford, Ontario November 22, 2024
7:00pm EST
Woodland Cultural Centre, 184 Mohawk St., Brantford, Ontario, N3S 2X2.
Join Mary Jane Logan McCallum for the Woodland Cultural Centre launch of Brown Tom’s Schooldays by Enos Montour. Mary Jane will be joined by Enos's granddaughters Mary I. Anderson and Margaret McKenzie as well as the book's original editor Elizabeth Graham. Refreshments and book signing will follow the discussion.
Christmas at the Manse – Melbourne Dec 7, 8
NEW Melbourne United Church 592 John Street, Melbourne, OntarioStep back in time and celebrate the season with us at the Manse, a classic example of Italianate architecture.
NEW Melbourne United Church, 592 John Street, Melbourne, Ontario
Saturday, December 7, 2024 | 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Sunday, December 8, 2024 | 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Dec 12 Open House at The Archives
The Archives 178 McKellar Street, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex), OntarioDoors open at 1:00 p.m. At 2:30 p.m. we’ll share stories about all the activities that have been going on. We’d like to learn about your projects too and how we can support your family history projects. The Society will formally thank our benefactors, the taxpayers of Southwest Middlesex. Everyone contributes a few cents towards caring for this important building and the grounds. This is your place! Please drop by.