Executive Meeting August 26
The Archives 178 McKellar Street, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex), OntarioUpcoming Executive Meeting.
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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.
Jan 4 – coffee with Norm at the Archives
The Archives 178 McKellar Street, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex), OntarioNorm McGill invites members to come for tea, coffee, and cookies. Check out the new displays. Bring your grand kids to play with the old toys. (Kids can touch stuff in this museum!)
Do some research. We’ll help. If you have some old papers or donations that your kids are urging you to sort and purge, bring it down to The Archives. Check out the new contributions. Norm is always looking for new ideas. This is your place and we want our members to enjoy the space.
Jan 18: techies and day trippers invited!
The Archives 178 McKellar Street, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex), OntarioAll digital techies and daytrippers and anyone who likes their phone: you are invited to The Archives for a focus group. EXAR technologies has developed a cool Daytripping app that features our local barn quilt stories. Ben Switzer will be here at 11:00 a.m. to show us how it works. He wants us to test it out. Play with it. Give him feedback and ideas.
Ben Switzer, EXAR Studios: our mission is to “create digital experiences that increase footfall and showcase the unique stories in your neighborhood”
Bring your devices: phones, tablets, portable devices that can download an app.
11 a.m. at the the Archives, 178 McKellar Street, Glencoe