June 22, 2024: Mural Dedication Melbourne Legion

Melbourne Legion Branch 510 21884 Melbourne Road, Melbourne, Ontario

Royal Canadian Melbourne Legion Branch 510 dedicated a beautiful new mural painted by Ohla Kovalenka locaed at 21884 Melbourne Rd, Melbourne, ON N0L 1T0. 11:00 Dedication led by Legion Chaplain Richard Golden 12 Noon - 1:30 p.m.    Free Barbeque 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.  Free desserts served by R.C.L. Melbourne Br. 510 Kids activities! Cards […]

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Napier Decoration Day Service

St. Mary’s Anglican Church Napier 1418 Melwood Drive, Strathroy, ON

This event contributes to our local history. This church has been standing straight, fine and true for over one hundred and eighty years.  It stands as a testament to the faith of those who built it, those who came to regular services, and to those who worked over the years to keep their church alive and active. 

July 20, 2024: Tartan Days !!

The Archives 178 McKellar Street, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex), Ontario

Volunteers and members will be hosting you at the cool air-conditioned Archives at 178 McKellar Street.

We will also have a booth out where the action is.

Come for a cupcake in the backyard.

Talk to our historians Ken Willis, Harold Carruthers, Norm McGill, Ken Beecroft, Jo-Ann Galbraith, Marilyn McCallum about your research: property, deeds, ancestors, local history, architecture, family stories.  We can help.

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.

Aug 21 The McEachren Collection @ Forty-87

4087 Olde Drive, Glencoe, ON 4087 Olde Drive,, Olde Drive, Ontario

7:00 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), Ontario

Upcoming Executive Meeting.

Glencoe Fair Sept 20, 21

Glencoe Fair 268 Currie Street, Glencoe, Ontario

Glencoe & 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,, Ontario

Here 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, Ontario

Grounded 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), Ontario

Come 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, Ontario

Peter 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, Ontario

Trevor 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.