BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Glencoe & District Historical Society - ECPv6.0.9//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Glencoe & District Historical Society X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Glencoe & District Historical Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD TZID:Asia/Karachi BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0500 TZOFFSETTO:+0500 TZNAME:PKT DTSTART:20230101T000000 END:STANDARD TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20230101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241027T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241027T160000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20240828T013845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241018T011710Z UID:2413-1730037600-1730044800@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Plant a tree to honour our author\, Peter McArthur DESCRIPTION:Peter McArthur died October 28\, 1924 ……..and we will plant and dedicate a “scarlet maple” in his honour near his grave at the Eddie Cemetery October 27\, 2024 at  2:00 p.m.        Exactly 100 years later….          We plan to celebrate with selected readings on site. \nFor your comfort\, please bring a lawnchair….. Also\, walk with care as the ground is uneven. Take time afterwards to roam around and listen to the stones at Eddie Cemetery. \n  \nPark across the road in Mark McGill’s farm laneway.  We have his permission.  Do not park along the highway.  It’s a dangerous knoll.   \nIf the weather is poor\, please come to the Archives instead\, 178 McKellar St.\, Glencoe\, ONtario. \n  \n\n “Although I have lived in far countries and great cities\, no place ever was my home except this farm.”  – Peter McArthur \n  \n  \n  \nWhen I strive to fathom the secret of this love I find that it is due to the fact that I learned history\, not from books\, but from the lips of the men and women who made Canada—that I learned the history\, not of the government\, but of the people. The spirit that broods over me to-day is the same that danced among the shadows beside an open fireplace while I listened to endless crooning tales of the sufferings and hopes of the pioneers. \n  \n  \n\nTHE SOUL OF CANADA – CHAPTER XXI \nBook Title: The Affable Stranger\nDate of First Publication: 1920\nAuthor: Peter McArthur \n  \nIt is all very well for men like William Lloyd Garrison to exclaim\, “My country is the world.” I cannot lay claim to so broad a humanitarianism. Though I do not see the need of hating any other man’s country\, there is one country that means more than any other to me. How could I reprove the people of the United States for loving their own country—for being jingos\, if you will—when I know that their home love cannot exceed mine? \nLet me confess. Often and often I have thought of writing something about the love of my native land\, but was restrained by the feeling that it was too intimate and personal to be exposed for the entertainment of the public. Goodness knows I have gossiped about almost everything in the most shameless way\, but there was something about love of the land that seemed too sacred to reveal even to intimate friends. But now I am emboldened to hang my heart on my sleeve and talk to those of my readers both in Canada and the United States who have felt the love of the land and know what it means. I have the good fortune to be living on the farm on which I was born—the farm which my father cleared. Although I was born too late to take a hand in the work of clearing\, \n I learned the history of every acre before an open fireplace many years ago. The history of the clearing of the land\, the first crops\, the names and characters of the horses and cows on the place\, are so interwoven with my youthful recollections that I seem to remember them all as if I had taken part in the battle with the wilderness myself\, and had shared in all its triumphs and sorrows. Something of this farm struck a tendril into my heart which neither time nor distance could break. It is the only spot on earth that ever gave me the feeling of home. Even after being away for years I have sat down in New York or London\, England\, and have been as homesick for this farm as a little boy who makes his first journey away from his mother’s side. At any time I could close my eyes and see the quiet fields\, and I would wonder what crops they were sown to. At all times it was my place of refuge\, and\, when I finally returned to it\, it was with a feeling that my wanderings had ended\, and that I could settle down and enjoy life where I belonged. \nAt the present time this love of the land appeals to me as being especially significant. The turmoil in the world to-day recalls to me the great purpose which moved my father and mother to undertake the task of making a home for themselves in the wilderness. They wanted to establish a home where their children and their children’s children could be free. I know the oppression and hardship from which they escaped in the old world\, and the toil and hardship they endured in the new before their dream was realized. It is high time that we who are native-born realized the price that our parents paid for the freedom and liberty we have enjoyed. The freedom that they won by their toil and sacrifice is a heritage worthy of our sons who did battle so that it may endure. \nThere have been times when I thought that the men of my own generation were escaping too lightly in the work of establishing a Canadian nation\, but I think so no longer. This new nation was founded by our freedom-loving and infinitely patient fathers\, and defended by our freeborn and heroic sons. It is true that we came too late to take part in the pioneer work\, and were too old to take our place in the trenches. But on us there rests a heavy responsibility. It is for us to pierce through the confusions and selfishness of political strategy and establish the truth and justice that alone can make a nation endure. We must be true to the great purpose of our fathers and the splendid courage of our sons. Here is something that strikes deeper than party politics\, that demands the best that is in us of wisdom and sanity. If we fail to do our part nobly the whole fabric of nationhood will fall. Love of the land carries with it a responsibility that may try us as sorely as the wilderness tried our fathers or as the battlefront tried our sons. And for us there is no escape. The future of Canada is in our keeping. \nWhenever I read history\, even the history of Canada\, I feel like the American soldier who was wallowing through the mud after the battle of Spottsylvania Court-house. Saluting his officer\, he exclaimed bitterly: “If ever I love another country\, damn me!” \nHistory\, as written\, is largely a record of crimes and blunders that are exposed or whitewashed according to the political bias of the man who is writing the history. Historians\, as a rule\, are more given to the use of whitewash than a political investigating committee. Fired by a patriotic desire to picture for us a country worth loving\, they suppress much\, glorify everything that seems worth glorifying\, and give us something that is no nearer the truth than the crayon portraits you see in many country parlors. If historians told the simple truth\, every nation with a scrap of decency would be trying to live down its history\, just as a convict tries to live down his past. And yet—and yet I confess to a love of Canada that is not simply a patriotic emotion\, but a passion to which my whole being vibrates. To me Canada is a living soul—a Presence that companions me in the fields—a mighty mother that nourished my youth and inspires my manhood. \nWhenever I think of Canada I remember Carman’s (Bliss) wonderful lines: \n“When I have lifted up my heart to thee\,\nThen hast thou ever hearkened and drawn near\,\nAnd bowed thy shining face close over me\,\nTill I could hear thee as the hill-flowers hear.” \nWhen I strive to fathom the secret of this love I find that it is due to the fact that I learned history\, not from books\, but from the lips of the men and women who made Canada—that I learned the history\, not of the government\, but of the people. The spirit that broods over me to-day is the same that danced among the shadows beside an open fireplace while I listened to endless crooning tales of the sufferings and hopes of the pioneers. The Spirit of Freedom that led them into the wilderness became my spirit\, and their dream of a free Canada became a living spirit that danced about me in the flickering light of the flaming back-logs. \nBy some trick of the imagination I have always thought of Canada as the blithe spirit that haunted my childhood. But in my childhood she did not always come in the same guise. Sometimes she would come gliding out of the depths of the forest\, a shy and dusky sprite that would take me by the hand and teach me the love of flowers and birds and the infinite mysteries of Nature. Again she would come as a country maid\, glowing with the joy of life\, who would lead me through the fields where she reaped the harvest and bound the sheaves. Always she walked in the sunlight and though her moods were full of song and care-free laughter \n“She had the lonely calm and poise\nOf life that waits and wills.” \nAs the years passed and the burdens of life began to press\, I lost the intimate touch with the spirit of my country. But always I was conscious that back of the turmoil she was working her will and shaping the destiny of a free people. Though I might be stunned and disheartened by the greed of commerce and the clamor of politics\, I could still see dimly that the spirit that companioned my youth was at work wherever men and women labored. And her love was not only for those who could claim it as a birthright\, but to all who came to Canada in quest of freedom. Creeds and nationalities and old hatreds were nothing to her. No matter what wrongs or abuse of power there might be in high places\, the spirit of Canada was nourishing the weak\, teaching them the lesson of freedom\, and moving to her place among the nations. \nThen came the day when the war trumpets sounded and the soul of Canada flamed to her full stature. She heard the call of the oppressed and hurled her legions against the oppressor. Not hers \n“To mix with Kings in the low lust for sway\,\nYell in the hunt\, and share the murderous prey.” \nNourished in freedom she gave battle for freedom. To-day I see her\, as I saw her in the time of war\, roused but unafraid\, and watching with questioning eyes the sacrifice of her sons. Standing heroic on the soil that gave her birth she marks with glooming brows the madness of the nations. This is the hour of her decision. Woe alike to those who would stay her hand and to those who would hurry her to destruction! Born of the dreams of humble people who toiled and served for the freedom on which she was nourished\, Canada must be forever free! As a free nation within the Empire she has given lavishly of her best\, and as a free nation she must endure! \n-30- URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/plant-a-tree-to-honour-our-author-peter-mcarthur/ LOCATION:Eddie Cemetery\, 4490 Glendon Dr\, Glencoe\, Ontario\, GlN0L 1M0 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_5028-1.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241023T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241023T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20240709T014143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241024T114518Z UID:2110-1729710000-1729719000@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Rooted and Remembered book launch DESCRIPTION:Tonight\, August 23\, 2024 is the book launch – Rooted and Remembered \nCome meet story keeper\, James Carruthers and local novelist CJ Frederick.  They will describe how they brought this special family history to the printed page.   \n \nTopic: Lest We Forget Ellwyne Ballantyne.    \nTime: Oct 23\, 2024 07:00 PM America/Toronto \nJoin Zoom Meeting or come to the Archives.  Join the zoom call at 6:55 p.m. so we can settle in for a 7 pm. start.  \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/88548582065?pwd=VEZTIFxIdFbcMmHozRsa4wL4dTYg8N.1 \nMeeting ID: 885 4858 2065 \nPasscode: 459615 \nCJ and James hope that Ellwyne’s story and his connection with the Carruthers clan touches people with its message of love\, faith\, and remembrance. It’s only through storytelling that those who carry memories\, and decide to share them\, make history come to life. \nAuthor CJ Frederick signs book at Tartan Days\, July 20\, 2024.\n\nCopies of “Rooted and Remembered” will be available to purchase. \n\n \n\nTo read more about CJ Frederick visit https://www.cjfrederick.com or https://www.facebook.com/cjtellstales\n\nMAKING HISTORY COME TO LIFE THROUGH STORYTELLING\nListen to CJ tell about how she became intrigued with this story and how she collaborated with James Carruthers\, the grandson of Betsy Jane Carruthers\, during the pandemic to write a ‘creative non-fiction’ book about this wonderful young man\, Ellwyne.     Link to Interview starts at 9 minutes.  \n  \nCJ’s First Novel – her story:  Stories ripple all around us\, if only we’re willing to hear them. In 2012\, CJ first learned of Ellwyne Ballantyne and the astonishing relationship he forged with two strangers after reading a short newspaper article about the dedication of an unusual tree to a long-dead soldier from World War One. With obligations to work and family filling her time\, she wasn’t yet ready to hear his story. It took a global pandemic\, with the prospect of lockdowns and unexpected forced time at home\, to open her ears\, mind\, and heart and be ready to explore the roots of Ellwyne’s story that took place more than a century before. \nCJ grew up in the 1980s in a wood-framed farmhouse built by Scottish settlers\, situated on a dead-end road that terminates near the winding Sydenham River. In 2000\, this road was renamed from a numbered concession to Buttonwood Drive. The name reflects the stand of buttonwood trees gathered at the river’s edge\, where they most comfortably grow. \nIn 2020\, she began reflecting on the fallen soldier and his extraordinary buttonwood tree that grows near her childhood home. Her curiosity eventually led her to the doors of Carruthers clan descendants\, where she begged to have a conversation about Ellwyne and his connection to the tree. Thinking it might have the makings of a short story\, she began putting together the pieces of Ellwyne Ballantyne’s brief life. But\, with each photograph\, letter\, and artifact shared\, she became more engrossed in the tale of an orphan who had stepped foot on three continents and was taken in by strangers who came to love him as their own. At the outset\, CJ did not anticipate that it would bloom into a novel\, but as she learned more details about the characters and events\, she believed that each nugget was fascinating and intriguing.  \n  \n\nJoin Zoom Meeting – more details\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/88548582065?pwd=VEZTIFxIdFbcMmHozRsa4wL4dTYg8N.1 \nMeeting ID: 885 4858 2065 \nPasscode: 459615 \nOne tap mobile \n+15074734847\,\,88548582065#\,\,\,\,*459615# US \n+15642172000\,\,88548582065#\,\,\,\,*459615# US \n  \n— \n  \nDial by your location \n\n +1 507 473 4847 US\n +1 564 217 2000 US\n +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n +1 646 931 3860 US\n +1 669 444 9171 US\n +1 689 278 1000 US\n +1 719 359 4580 US\n +1 720 707 2699 US (Denver)\n +1 253 205 0468 US\n +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n +1 305 224 1968 US\n +1 309 205 3325 US\n +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n +1 360 209 5623 US\n +1 386 347 5053 US\n\n  \nMeeting ID: 885 4858 2065 \nPasscode: 459615 \n  URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/rooted-and-remember-book-launch/ LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-08-at-8.50.47 PM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241010 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250203 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20241020T201612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250208T212044Z UID:2537-1728518400-1738540799@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Japanese Canadians in the 1940s. DESCRIPTION:Museum Strathroy-Caradoc\, 34 Frank Street\, Strathroy\, Ontario\, N7G 2R4 \nMuseum: 519.245.0492  \nLearn 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.  \nOn loan from Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in British Columbia from October 10\, 2024 until February 15\, 2025.  Thank you to the Strathroy Middlesex Museum Foundation for their donation. \nGrounded 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. \nThe seven-year\, multimillion-dollar research and publichistory project\,LandscapesofInjustice\, is led bythe University of Victoria (UVic) and involves 15 other partner institutions from across Canada: \n\nCanadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21\nCanadianImmigration History Society\nJapanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC)\nLand Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia (LTSA)\nLibrary and Archives Canada (LAC)\nNational Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC)\nNikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre (NNMCC)\nOAH/JAAS Historians’ Collaborative Committee\nRoyal British Columbia Museum\nRyerson University\nSimon Fraser University\nUniversity of Alberta\nUniversity of Winnipeg\nUrban History Association\nVancouver Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall\n\nOpening October 10\, 2024 at Museum Strathroy-Caradoc. L-R: Donna Pammer\, Bryan Anygal\, and Michelle Wright\, museum curator.\nThe project has benefited from the contributions of a research collective consisting of over 100 members from universities\, community organizations and museums. One of the largest humanities-based research projects in Canada today\, it is based on the UVic campus at the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives and brings together researchers in two faculties at UVic—humanities and social sciences. The exhibition showcases the personal histories of people from seven families out of the 22\,000 displaced Canadians who wereinterned during the Second World War. \n  \n  URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/dispossession-of-japanese-canadians-in-the-1940s/ LOCATION:Museum Strathroy-Caradoc\, 34 Frank Street\, Strathroy\, Ontario\, Ontario\, N7G 2R4\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_5891.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240928 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241001 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20240919T101909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240919T102623Z UID:2461-1727481600-1727740799@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Indigenous Music & Artisan Festival DESCRIPTION:Here are the details for the Truth & Reconciliation event to be held at the London Agriplex September 29\, 29\, 30.  Link \nOrganized by Chippewa of the Thames and many partners and sponsors. URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/indigenous-music-artisan-festival/ LOCATION:Agriplex at Western Fair\, London\, ON\, 845 Florence St\, London\,\, Ontario\, N5W 6G6\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-19-at-6.08.27 AM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Chippewas%20of%20the%20Thames%20First%20Nation":MAILTO:anishnaabekwe@cottfn.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240922 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20240712T150308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240910T215315Z UID:2133-1726790400-1726963199@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Glencoe Fair Sept 20\, 21 DESCRIPTION:September 20\, 21\, 2024 Fair weekend.\nFor fair information: https://glencoefair.ca/ \nHelp Us Keep Our History Alive! \nAs you enjoy the festivities\, we invite you to support the Glencoe and District Historical Society by volunteering your time. Your participation helps us preserve and celebrate our community’s rich history. \nWhy Volunteer with Us? \n\nPreserve Our Heritage: Assist with maintaining and sharing our unique local stories and artifacts.\nEngage with History: Get hands-on experience with archival work\, event planning\, and outreach.\nConnect with Community: Join a dedicated team and make meaningful connections.\n\nHow You Can Help: \n\nStaff Our Archives: Help organize and manage historical collections.\nSupport Our Events: Assist with setup\, coordination\, and guest interactions.\nPromote Our Mission: Contribute to outreach and public engagement.\nAssist with Research: Aid in digitizing and cataloging historical records.\n\nInterested in making a difference? It’s simple! Just fill out our volunteer form:  bit.ly/4cVCIUw  \n  \n  \nFeatured Image Above: The Crystal Palace \nThe Crystal Palace on the fairgrounds in Glencoe. It was home to about 50 Japanese Canadians in the summer of 1942 who were forcibly removed from their homes on the west coast. the men were paid 35 cents per hour to work on farms in the area before leaving November 11th. The building would later house prisoners of war from Germany and Italy. \n  \nMessage from the Ag Society\nFor hundreds of years\, the Glencoe Agricultural Society has hosted events\, promoted new and established businesses\, supporters\, exhibitors and built upon Glencoe’s sense of pride and fellowship. Empowered by the incredible support of our sponsors and the exuberance of our townspeople\, we look forward to continuously renewing – and building upon – our commitment to agricultural and philanthropic vitality. Throughout the year\, Glencoe citizens and visitors from across the region can look forward to special events – large and small – that create the very best excuses to get out of the house and spend time with loved ones. \nWe always welcome feedback from our community members and monthly meetings are held to ensure we are aligning with the best interests of the people and personalities who sustain our vibrant community. The Glencoe Agricultural Society is bolstered by the thoughtfulness and dedication of our board members and volunteers as well as the continued support of our constituents. We invite you to learn more about our long\, rich history and to see what exciting new initiatives we are looking forward to implementing. Should something spark your interest\, please don’t hesitate to reach out to find out more about getting involved. \n  URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/glencoe-fair-sept-20-21/ LOCATION:Glencoe Fair\, 268 Currie Street\, Glencoe\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/crystalpalace.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240826T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240826T140000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20240722T190200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240725T212555Z UID:2270-1724666400-1724680800@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Executive Meeting August 26 DESCRIPTION:Upcoming Executive Meeting. URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/executive-august-26/ LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240821T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240821T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20240213T212406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240729T125817Z UID:1739-1724266800-1724274000@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Aug 21 The McEachren Collection @ Forty-87 DESCRIPTION:August 21\, 2024 \n7:00 p.m.  \nThe McEachren Collection @ Forty-87  \n4087 Olde Drive\, Glencoe\, ON \n7:00 p.m.  Arrive at 4087 Olde Drive\, Glencoe\, ON.  Bring your lawn chairs.  Stroll around the half-acre tractor collection.   \n7:30 p.m.  Dave McEachren will tell us about local dealer history.   \n8:00 p.m.  Explore the new museum.   \nAs a 10-year old boy\, Dave witnessed a few fellow neighborhood farm boys displaying their collections of farm toys at the Glencoe Fair.  It was that day that he decided to stop “playing in the dirt” with his toys and start collecting them instead.  More than a few decades later the dream of opening his own museum to share his ever-growing John Deere collection has come to light.   \nThe McEachren Collection @ Forty-87 includes over 40 real tractors\, thousands of farm toy models\, and tens of thousands of pieces of memorabilia and sales-related literature.  There will be something of interest for everyone\, from local dealer history to samples of equipment you may never knew existed. \n  \n  \nThe McEachren Collection @ Forty-87\n \nThe McEachren Collection @ Forty-87\n  \n  URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/aug-21-the-mceachren-collection-forty-87/ LOCATION:4087 Olde Drive\, Glencoe\, ON\, 4087 Olde Drive\,\, Olde Drive\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_9596.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240728T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240728T160000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20231118T192505Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240903T200733Z UID:1648-1722175200-1722182400@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:The Appin Cemetery Memorial DESCRIPTION:This year we remembered the people in The Appin Cemetery. \nTime: 2:00 p.m. on July 28\, 2024 \nLocation: The Appin Cemetery\, 22886 Thames Road (Concession 2\, Lot 12) \nLink to interactive G&DHS Cemetery Map. \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Appin Cemetery \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Appin Cemetery \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Appin Cemetery \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Appin Cemetery \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Appin Cemetery \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Appin Cemetery \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Appin Cemetery \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Appin Cemetery \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Appin Cemetery \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Appin Cemetery \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Appin Cemetery \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Appin Cemetery \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Appin Cemetery \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Appin Cemetery \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Appin Cemetery \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Jim May \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n[archiveorg history-of-appin-cemetery-jim-may-2000 width=560 height=384 frameborder=0 webkitallowfullscreen=true mozallowfullscreen=true] URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/appin-cemetery-memorial/ LOCATION:Ontario ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/appin1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240720T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240720T140000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20240409T141828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250217T163501Z UID:1943-1721462400-1721484000@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:July 20\, 2024: Tartan Days !! DESCRIPTION:Tartan Days in Glencoe\, over the past several decades\, has been a unique opportunity for the community to celebrate its Gaelic heritage and allow the people of Glencoe and area to get involved in local activities and have some fun. For us this year\, we decided to host an open house event at the ARCHIVES. It was a truly historic Saturday for the Glencoe and District Historical Society. After numerous visitors made their way to the Archives throughout the morning\, a ceremony was held at 1:00 pm\, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the incorporation of the Village of Glencoe\, the belated 200th anniversaries of the Townships of Mosa and Ekfrid\, the 170th anniversary of arrival of the first train in Glencoe and the 45th anniversary of the Society itself. \nG&DHS also had a booth out near the Glencoe Train Station beside the  Old Auto magazine. CJ Frederick\, who has written a beautiful historical novel about a local boy\, joined the booth offering local readers a sneak peak to her first full length historical fiction novel\, Rooted & Remembered.  The author’s parents and husband were on hand to  help CJ Frederick get this new book into the hands of readers. \n \nLooking for readers :\nWe are sneaking a peak at Rooted and Remembered\, a new book that is starting to circulate for early reviews and preparation for hard launch\, October 23\, 2024. \nRooted & Remembered is $20 for a signed author’s copy.  The historical society is promoting the book and helping the author get authentic reviews\, the currency of marketing books in today’s world.   Book launch is October 23.  \n  \nWe will aso show you how to download Peter McArthur’s books digitally to your tablet at no cost. \n  \nTeaming up with Old Autos\nLook for our booth shared with Old Autos.\n\nFor over 35 years Old Autos has been Canada’s Number #1 Newspaper for the Old Car Enthusiast. Each issue is jam packed with interesting articles and pictures from some of Canada’s most notable automotive writers. Several writers contribute regularly about antique cars\, classic cars\, race cars\, muscle cars\, trucks\, tractors\, bikes\, and nostalgia etc.\, etc. Not only does each issue have informative articles\, car show reports\, car club tours\, auction results\, but a large classified section and events listing covering events from Newfoundland to British Columbia to Ontario.\n\nOld Autos is published the first and third Mondays of each month in Bothwell Ontario\, a small Southwestern Ontario town of 900 people. Circulation is for both mailed and online papers. Most of Old Autos newspapers are read by yearly subscribers\, but we do have some retailers.\n\nCurrently seven full-time staff produce Old Autos Newspaper twice monthly. Old Autos prides itself on small-town personal service\, so when you call you will always speak to a ‘real’ person. You will never get ‘voice mail’ and you will always receive personal service…during regular business hours.\n\nOld Autos attends many shows throughout Canada\, with several sales people who sell subscriptions at shows and events.\n  URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/tartan-days-at-the-archives-july-20-2024/ LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_5218-1.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240623T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240623T170000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20240604T194253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240605T212327Z UID:2001-1719154800-1719162000@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Napier Decoration Day Service DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the annual Decoration Day Service at St. Mary’s Anglican Church – Napier\, Ontario on June 23\, 2024 at 3 pm.  \n  \nSt. Mary’s Anglican Church Napier – 1418 Melwood Drive\, Strathroy\, ON  N7G 3H5. \n  \n\nThe following history is an excerpt from an old service bulletin and the author is unknown.  \nThis 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.  But it is a symbol\, not primarily of their strength and perseverance\, but of the presence of God in their midst. \nThe first settler in this general area was Captain John Charlton in 1825.  In 1829\, Richard\, Thomas\, and Christopher Moyle and their families and Captain Christopher Beer established residences along the river in the Napier area.  In 1831\, Lieutenant Charles Preston and his family came from Cornwall in Upper Canada.  Preston had been granted 100 acres when he commuted his pension for land.  They settled on this property where St. Mary’s Church stands. \nThe first church services were held in Captain Christopher Beer’s house.  Captain Beer’s rank gave him the privilege of conducting the first church services and first burials in the community.  After the congregation became too large\, they moved to the home of Captain Johnson.  When the congregation became too large for his house\, a school was built on this property in 1839 and used for church services.  The log school was built on one acre of land donated by Charles Preston for a church and a cemetery.  Preston also gave three acres of land for a rectory.  \nIn 1841\, the residents of the community sent a petition to the Bishop of Toronto requesting permission and assistance to build a church. The petitioners declared themselves to be generally poor and unable to pay for a frame church to be built but the increase in the congregation was such that the school was no longer large enough. Captain Beer had prepared some walnut lumber to use in building a new house.  However\, when the news came that a church could be built\, he donated this lumber to the church and postponed construction of his own home.  This gift\, which represented a considerable sacrifice\, was well used; the walnut was worked into pews\, wainscotting and the chancel.  It still stands here as a memorial to a man who loved his church and community. \nIn 1860\, the church and cemetery were consecrated by the Right Reverend Benjamin Cronyn\, the Bishop of Huron and the church officially received the name “St. Mary”.  In Ireland\, the Cronyn’s had attended St. Mary’s Church Kilkenny.  This name linked the new land with the old. \nThe last regular weekly service was held on January 29\, 1920 and annual services were initiated in the early 1930’s.  We must be grateful to the residents of this area and especially to the Toohill family for their loving care of St. Mary’s Church.  It is thanks to them that this oldest church building in Middlesex County still exists.  URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/napier-decoration-day-service/ LOCATION:St. Mary’s Anglican Church Napier\, 1418 Melwood Drive\, Strathroy\, ON\, N7G 3H5.\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-05-at-5.17.55 PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240622T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240622T143000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20240617T194115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250217T162312Z UID:2054-1719054000-1719066600@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:June 22\, 2024: Mural Dedication Melbourne Legion DESCRIPTION:Royal Canadian Melbourne Legion Branch 510 dedicated a beautiful new mural painted by Ohla Kovalenka locaed at 21884 Melbourne Rd\, Melbourne\, ON N0L 1T0. \n11:00 Dedication led by Legion Chaplain Richard Golden \n12 Noon – 1:30 p.m.    Free Barbeque \n1:00 – 2:00 p.m.  Free desserts served by R.C.L. Melbourne Br. 510 \nKids activities! \nCards for Veterans \nFace Painting \nBalloon Animals \nGames \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n  URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/mural-dedication-melbourne-legion/ LOCATION:Melbourne Legion Branch 510\, 21884 Melbourne Road\, Melbourne\, Ontario\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_8126-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240616T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240616T163000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20240410T173950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240609T111629Z UID:1946-1718544600-1718555400@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Short road trip: The Haunts of Peter McArthur. June 16 DESCRIPTION:Farmer\, writer\, radical\, sage: Re-introducing Peter McArthur\nPeter McArthur’s Haunts – his farm\,  his grave\, and back to the Archives.  \nJune 16\, 2024.  1:30 – 5:00 p.m.   \nA tour with three stops:   Please park carefully.  Bring a lawn chair.  There is no rain date – check facebook Page for last minute instructions:  \n1:30 p.m. Peter McArthur’s Farm\, 22517 McArthur Road\, Southwest Middlesex.   \n2:30 p.m.  Eddie Cemetery\, 4490 Glendon Dr\, Glencoe\, ON N0L 1M0.   Mr. McArthur’s grave.   \n3:30 p.m. The Archives\, 178 McKellar St\, Glencoe\, ON N0L 1M0 \n  \nFather’s Day afternoon.  Bring Dad and Grandpa out for a trip down our local literary path.  Get to know Peter McArthur.  Who was this local writer that was famous across Canada.? He was a pal of the Prime Minister\, had an amazing career in New York City and London England\, and  gave it up to came back to write in his cabin on the farm.  That’s when he found his audience.   \nDownload his timeless books on your e-reader here: faded page downloads. \nDetailed itinerary: \n1:30 p.m. Peter McArthur’s Farm.  22517 McArthur Road\, Southwest Middlesex.  Carefully park along the road.  Hosted by John Sinclair\, current owner of the McArthur property. We’ll check out the new interpretive sign; listen to tales by Donny Sinclair; and learn about this famous writer’s life.   We will coordinate our parking at Eddie Cemetery for the utmost safety.  \n  \n2:30 p.m.  Eddie Cemetery.  We’ll jump in our cars and go a couple miles north to Mr. McArthur’s grave where the historical society has installed another commemorative panel.  We’ll share some readings and pay tribute to a great Canadian writer.   Please take your time to park carefully along the side of the road.   \n  \n3:30 p.m. The Archives.  Then we’ll go back to The Archives in Glencoe\, drink coffee\, learn about his family\, and check out his books and memorabilia.  Stephanie McDonald and Harold Carruthers will share more stories.  We are hoping some of Mr. and Mrs. McArthur’s descendants will attend.   \n  \nFor more information\, email contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca or phone (519) 287-3897 or Mary Simpson at 5193181074 \n  \nFundraiser: We are fundraising to pay for the interpretive panels dedicated to the life work of Peter McArthur.  Target is $750.  Mark cheque “Peter McArthur” and mail it to G&DHS\, 178 McKellar St\, Glencoe\, ON N0L 1M0 or bring it along June 16\, 2024 \n  \n  \n“Although I have lived in far countries and great cities\, no place ever was my home except this farm.” \n“Something of this farm struck a tendril into my heart which neither time nor distance could break. It is the only spot on earth that ever gave me the feeling of home. … At all times it was my place of refuge\, and\, when I finally returned to it\, it was with a feeling that my wanderings had ended\, and that I could settle down and enjoy life where I belonged.” \n  \nBefore the day of radio\, TV\, and the Internet\, there were newspapers and pianos. Here is a song with lyrics by Peter and an illustration by the famous CW Jeffery.  We’ll sing it together accompanied by Mirah Simpson\, a descendant.\nTo be Taken With Salt – by Peter McArthur.\n \nDonny Sinclair – history keeper of the Peter McArthur legacy\nPeter McArthur and his cow URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/the-haunts-of-peter-mcarthur/ LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-06-09-at-7.12.06 AM.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240529T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240529T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20240223T124717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250217T160905Z UID:1878-1717007400-1717016400@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:May 29:  The Famous Five presented by the London Women's History Project.   DESCRIPTION:May 29\, 2024 at Tait’s Corners Community Centre\, 21365  Tait’s Road\, Glencoe\, ON.   The Famous Five presented by the London Women’s History Project.   \nSet in Edmonton during the Great War\, we saw the Famous Five return from a protest march to drink tea and discuss their cause and the war. Prime Minister\, Robert Borden is in Edmonton and they must speak up… \nEdmontonian Emily Murphy became the first female judge in the Commonwealth on January 1\, 1916. On her first day in court and frequently thereafter\, lawyers would begin their presentation by objecting to having their case heard by a woman judge because\, they said\, women were not “persons” as defined by the British North America Act of 1867. \nLuckily for the women of Alberta\, in 1917 the ruling by a Calgary judge\, Alice Jamieson\, was upheld by the Supreme Court of Alberta\, thereby establishing the principle that both men and women were persons and therefore equals. \nCo-hosted by Tait’s Corners Community and Glencoe & District Historical Society \n\nMay is Community Living Month in Ontario.  Join the #ITookABreak24 campaign.\nEvery year\, thousands of Canadians come together to show their unwavering support for inclusion and belonging through the #ITookABreak24 social media campaign.\nPlease see what it is here: https://cltoronto.ca/itookabreak24/\n\n\n\nJoin us on Wednesday\, May 29\, 2024 as we celebrate Community Living Month in Ontario! Every year\, thousands of Canadians come together to show their unwavering support for inclusion and belonging through the #ITookABreak24 social media campaign.\n\nVolunteer Erica will bring kitkat provided by Quad County Support Services who is leading this campaign in our community. She is one of the greeters for the evening.\nTreat yourself to a delicious well-deserved break and help us stand up for a world where everyone belongs and everyone is valued. \n\n\nBe part of our community and share your #ITookABreak24 moment on May 29\, 2024. \n\n\nHere’s how to participate DIY\n\n\n\n\n\nPrint out an #ITookABreak24 label\nTape it on a KitKat bar or your favourite treat.\nTake a selfie and save it on your cell phone\nOn Wednesday\, May 29\, post your selfie on social media\nInclude the hashtag #ITookABreak24\nTag your local Community Living association including @CLToronto and @CLOntario\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\nThe Famous Five presentations\n: London Women’s History Project and the Famous Five presentations. \nWe’ve been doing the Famous Five presentation for several years to high school students at Fanshawe Pioneer Village as part of HistoryMatters programming. Some other audiences include Probus Clubs\, church and business groups\, The Women’s Canadian Club (at Centennial Hall)\, The Elgin County Women’s Institute\, and recently student teachers at the Faculty of Education.  \nThe presentation titled Edmonton 1917 includes five actors and a narrator. It is easily adapted to room sizes and can be 20 minutes or a longer version of about 45 minutes which includes an audio visual presentation by Jean Hewitt about the waves of the feminist movement in Canada. \nJean Hewitt\, who originated the project\, also has a series of “Performance” pieces. These are 12 to 15 minute costumed solo performances of famous women who made a difference. Truly awesome women like Nellie McClung\, Agnes McPhail\, and Viola Desmond. These presentations are geared for classrooms with limited space or part of special event programming like International Women’s Day. \nWe are also producing another project called Women Making History. We’re partnering with Fanshawe Pioneer Village to produce this video series for distribution to high schools and public programming at The Village. \nWe have an enthusiastic Advisory committee who are committed to bringing all of these projects to life. \nProvided by Nancy Johnson URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/the-famous-five-edmonton-1917/ LOCATION:Tait’s Corners Community Centre\, 21365 Taits Road\, Glencoe\, ON\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AlyssaSuffrage-poster.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240417T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240417T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20240206T001903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250415T151853Z UID:1717-1713380400-1713387600@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Notice to Members -2023 Annual General Meeting at April 17\, 2024 DESCRIPTION:Report is here summarizing the Annual general meeting for April 1\, 2023 – March 31\, 2024 \n  \nExisting members: this is your official notice to attend the annual general meeting to be held at the Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe\, Ontario.   \n  \nShow and Tell!  Bring a family heirloom\, artifact\, or mysterious thing from the past to share with the group.   \n  URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/notice-to-members-april-17-annual-general-meeting-at-700-p-m/ LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/header.001-2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240303T134500 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240303T150000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20231012T141210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250217T154945Z UID:1563-1709473500-1709478000@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:March 6 2024: Battle of Longwoods Memorial DESCRIPTION:March 6\, 2024 – A revised Memorial Service to remember those who sacrificed at the Battle of the Longwoods in 1814 was resumed this year\, at 1:45 p.m. on a beautiful Sunday afternoon\, at Battle Hill National Historic Site\, 2945 Longwoods Rd\, Southwest Middlesex. The Upper Thames Military Re-inactment Society was present\, along with a number of G & DHS members and other interested individuals. In all\, there were about 65 people present. O.P.P. presence on Longwood’s Road maintained traffic safety. There were about 25 memorial wreaths laid\, including one from us. The usual soup and fellowship event after service was re-instated this year at the Anglican Church in Wardsville\, and enjoyed by those who attended. It was funded by a free will offering. \nThe Battle of The Longwoods has always been observed as being a significant local historical event that has played a strong role in the interests of the G&DHS. \nBattle Hill National Historic Site\, 2945 Longwoods Rd\, Glencoe\, ON N0L 1M0 \nWatch this beautiful short video of the MOURNING RING OF LIEUTENANT PATRICK GRAEME OF THE 89TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. KILLED ON MARCH 4\, 1814\, WHILE LEADING THE BRITISH ATTACK AT THE BATTLE OF LONGWOODS. \nOrganized by the Upper Thames Military Re-enactment Society  https://www.royal-scots.com/. URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/1563/ LOCATION:Battle Hill National Historic Site\, 2945 Longwoods Road\, Southwest Middlesex\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/plaque.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240222T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240222T163000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20231108T030934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250217T154732Z UID:1603-1708610400-1708619400@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Farmer\, writer\, radical\, sage: Re-introducing Peter McArthur DESCRIPTION:February 22\, 2024 – “Peter McArthur: Our Famous Canadian – 1866 – 1924”  \nA large crowd attended the Glencoe and District Historical Society Archives to experience Peter McArthur\, the “Sage of Ekfrid”. It would appear that McArthur is as popular today as he was over 100 years ago. In addition to 30 viewing online\, over 50 turned up in person. Norm McGill welcomed guests before president Ken Beecroft made some announcements. Kosta Vaklev offered a reading by McArthur before historian Harold Carruthers described his lifelong interest in the farmer/author. \nJoining from Ireland\, guest speaker Stephanie McDonald\, described McArthur’s life and works\, focussing on the last 16 years of his life after he moved back to the home farm in Ekfrid Township. Another long- time McArthur enthusiast\, Don Sinclair closed the afternoon event\, speaking about his connection to McArthur through the home farm and\, in particular\, the demonstration woodlot where McArthur wrote about his unique appreciation for rural life and  nature. \n\nIn 1908\, at the age of 42\, Peter McArthur returned to his family farm in Ekfrid Township with his wife and five children after living and working in Toronto\, New York and London\, England. For the next 16 years he wrote weekly columns in The Globe\, amusing and enlightening his readers about life on a rural Ontario farm.  \nOctober 28\, 2024 will mark the centenary of McArthur’s death at the age of 58 following an operation. The man dubbed the “Sage of Ekfrid”\, who had the most famous farm in Canada\, is now nearly forgotten. With wit and wisdom\, McArthur interrogated questions that we’re still asking today – how to bridge the rural/urban divide\, how to protect the natural environment\, and how to spend our days and live a good life. \nStephanie McDonald grew up on a mixed farm in Ekfrid Township. She has worked as a newspaper reporter in the Canadian Arctic\, and in communications\, policy and administration roles in Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania\, Ottawa and now Dublin\, Ireland. Stephanie has had articles published in various newspapers and magazines\, mostly about farmers\, farming\, food security and the climate crisis. \nFarmer\, writer\, radical: the Sage of Ekfrid\n  \n  URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/farmer-writer-radical-sage-re-introducing-peter-mcarthur/ LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Peter-McArthur-and-cow.png ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240117T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240117T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20231012T135231Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250108T111138Z UID:1559-1705518000-1705525200@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Doug Ferguson: Ancestral Odyssey - The Family Ferguson DESCRIPTION:Over 60 history buffs gathered\, in person and online\, to listen to Doug Ferguson as he described his “Ancestral Odyssey” at the Glencoe and District Historical Society Archives on Wednesday evening\, January 17. His Ferguson ancestors had left Craignish\, Argyleshire for Aldborough Twp. in 1818 and then moved to northern Mosa Twp. in 1827. The McDonalds left Inverness for Quebec in 1830\, before settling in Ekfrid Twp. in 1835.\n\n \n\nHe added the “guest appearances” of the McColl and Livingstones in his family tree\, both families having left Port Appin\, Argyleshire for Ekfrid Twp. in the 1840s. Doug shared images from his own family’s trek to Scotland to visit their ancestors’ birthplaces. Describing his interest in genealogy as being sparked by his grandmother\, Annie (McDonald) Ferguson\, Doug concluded his presentation encouraging those present to become stewards in preserving their families’ histories and stories. – Marie Williams\n\n \nDoug Ferguson\, the Story Keeper\n \n\nDoug grew up in Brooke Township and is a lawyer in London. He taught for many years at the Faculty of Law at Western University\, and was president of Covent Garden Market when it was rebuilt in downtown London. He has many connections to Glencoe\, including drinking underage at the McKellar House.\n\n \n\nDoug inherited his father’s interest in politics\, being active locally\, provincially\, and nationally\, becoming President of the Liberal Party of Canada in 2008. In the 2011 federal election\, he ran as the Liberal candidate in London West.\n\n \n\nDoug has been active in the London community over the years. Among his many leadership roles\, he was President of Covent Garden Market when it was rebuilt and served as President of the Canadian Club of London. Recently he served on the board of the Thomas Talbot Land Trust.\n\n \n\nHe has also been active in the legal community at the provincial and national levels. Doug founded and served as the first president of the Canadian Association for Canadian Clinical Legal Education. He chaired the Legal Aid Committee for the Canadian Bar Association and was a director of the Ontario Bar Association. Currently he is on the board of the National Action Committee on Access to Justice.\n\n \n\nIn 2014\, after a diagnosis of liver cancer\, Doug underwent two liver transplants and miraculously lived to tell the tale. To pay back the gift of life he received\, he is the chair of the fundraising committee for the Transplant Unit at University Hospital. He continues to advocate for organ donation.\n\n \n\nWhile playing baseball in the Young People’s Softball League in Appin\, Doug met and married Anne McColl from Glencoe; they had two children\, Sarah and Duncan. After her passing\, he remarried Laurie Lashbrook from Rodney. Among the awards he has received are the URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/lecture-ancestral-odyssey-the-family-ferguson/ LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/crofters.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231216T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231216T150000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20231124T040641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231124T041313Z UID:1652-1702735200-1702738800@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Lecture about the Donnellys: Blood on the Snow DESCRIPTION:Glenn Stott – Blood on the Snow: The Donnellys and the Biddulph Tragedy\n\n\nDecember 16 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm\nRegister : https://www.historysymposium.com/glenn-stott \n\n\nThe talk will be a livestream on YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeOdo89QhQQOSnROHKN3HoA. \n\n\nThe Donnellys are one of Southwestern Ontario’s most notorious families. This talk will be an overview of the 33 year troubles that took place in Biddulph Township and Lucan\, Ontario region from 1847 to 1880 and ultimately ended with the murder of the five members of the Donnelly family. \n\n\n  \nThe “Black” Donnellys were an Irish Catholic immigrant family who settled in Biddulph township\, Canada West (later the province of Ontario)\, about 15 km northwest of London\, in the 1840s. The family settled on a concession road which became known as the Roman Line due to its high concentration of Irish Catholic immigrants in the predominantly Protestant area. Many Irish Canadians arrived in the 19th-century\, many fleeing the Great Famine of Ireland (1845-52). The Donnellys’ ongoing feuds with local residents culminated in an attack on the family’s homestead by a vigilante mob on 4 February 1880\, leaving five of the family dead and their farm burned to the ground. No one was convicted of the murders\, despite two trials and a reliable eyewitness URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/lecture-about-he-donnellys-blood-on-the-snow/ LOCATION:Ontario END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231115T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231115T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20231014T030333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231116T121444Z UID:1569-1700074800-1700082000@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Lecture: What does Sacrifice look like? DESCRIPTION:November 15\, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. Hybrid: zoom or attend The Archives\, 178 McKellar St\, Glencoe\, ON N0L 1M0 \nRick Patterson\, Sargeant at Arms\, Glencoe Legion and Ina Nelms \nRick Patterson presenting Nov 15\, 2023 at the Glencoe Archives \nNorm McGill thanks Rick Patterson for his presentation – “What does sacrifice look like? Rick served 34 years in the Canadian Military \nMaster Corporal Patterson told us about his career in the military from Army Cadets until his Medical release: 34+ years.   \nCommendations for safety and first aid. \nDeployments: OPDANACA\, UNEF 2\, 73 Service Battalion and OP PALADIUM\, ROTO 1 SFOR. \nServing Member of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem \nDiploma as a Social Service Worker.  \nSergeant-at-Arms\, Branch 219 The Royal Canadian Legion Reg Lovell. \n  URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/lecture-what-does-sacrifice-look-like/ LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-13-at-11.05.29-PM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231111T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231111T113000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20231003T174014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T175303Z UID:1527-1699698600-1699702200@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Glencoe Remembrance Day Service\, Saturday Nov 11\, 2023 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/1527/ LOCATION:Ontario ORGANIZER;CN="Royal%20Canadian%20Legion%2C%20Reg%20Lovell%20Branch%20219":MAILTO:br.219.rcl@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231017T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231017T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20230904T122356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231105T121453Z UID:1508-1697569200-1697576400@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:From Polar Bears to No Bears: A 15\,000 Year History DESCRIPTION:Time: Tuesday\, Oct 17\, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada).    \nLink to his talk \nLarry Cornelis will tell the story of the impacts and challenges faced by our local forests and landscapes over the last 15\,000 years. This includes climate change at both ends of that time frame\, the advancement of ecosystems north\, indigenous land care and European colonization\, extensive habitat loss and the extirpation of many native species across our region. \nLarry just published a book\, Trees\, Forests and Nature\, in Southwest Ontario\, so we will also launch this gorgeous book that explains our own beautiful backyard here in the Great Lakes Region. \n\nLarry was born in Sarnia Ontario but spent most of his years at the family farm north of Wallaceburg along the North Sydenham River where his love of nature developed. Larry is a certified Horticulturist\, Conservationist and Naturalist. He has been involved with local nature and conservation organizations for 35 years including Lambton Wildlife\, The Sydenham Field Naturalists\, Ontario Nativescapes and Ontario Nature to name a few. \nFrom Polar Bears to No Bears: A 15000 year history \n\nMore events are planned for the Pre-Contact History series \nOne tap mobile \n+13462487799\,\,83419631255#\,\,\,\,*024327# US (Houston) \n+13602095623\,\,83419631255#\,\,\,\,*024327# US \n— \nDial by your location \n\n +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n +1 360 209 5623 US\n +1 386 347 5053 US\n +1 507 473 4847 US\n +1 564 217 2000 US\n +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n +1 646 931 3860 US\n +1 669 444 9171 US\n +1 689 278 1000 US\n +1 719 359 4580 US\n +1 720 707 2699 US (Denver)\n +1 253 205 0468 US\n +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n +1 305 224 1968 US\n +1 309 205 3325 US\n +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n\n  \nMeeting ID: 834 1963 1255 \nPasscode: 024327 URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/from-polar-bears-to-no-bears-a-15000-year-history/ LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230723T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230723T153000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20230425T091549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230425T100716Z UID:1428-1690120800-1690126200@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Kilmartin Cemetery Memorial DESCRIPTION:Kilmartin Cemetery Memorial Jul 23\, 2023\nThis year we are remembering the people in Kilmartin’s Cemetery.  \nTime: 2:00 p.m. on July 23\, 2023 \nLocation: 24452 Dundonald Road \, East side of Dundonald Rd (Hwy 80) between Shields Siding and Walker Drive. Across the road from Burns Presbyterian Church.  Please bring a lawn chair.  There will be a program featuring music\, poetry\, and history of the cemetery.  \nLink to interactive G&DHS Cemetery Map. \n  \n“Beyond the gates of the cemetery lives an historical account of our past\, a rich heritage populated by friends and relatives.  Loved ones who can no longer be with us\, but whose memories live on.”  – Josh Kekosz.   \nEach year the historical society honours those who came before us.  On July 24\, 2022\, the   Cemetery Memorial Service was held at Oakland Cemetery\, which was opened May 1894 by a group of ten men who formed a Board of Directors.  URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/kilmartin-cemetery-memorial/ LOCATION:Kilmartin Cemetery\, 24452 Dundonald Roard\, Glencoe\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/kilmartin1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230715T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230715T140000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20230425T101210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230613T202025Z UID:1441-1689408000-1689429600@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Tartan Days at The Archives DESCRIPTION:July 15\, 2023 \n8 a.m. – 2 p.m.  Big day in Glencoe.  Come to the Archives.  There will be cupcakes served in the backyard.  Displays.  Books for sale.  And a big anniversary party.  \n\n1:00 p.m.  Historical society will reinstall the time capsule that was removed from the cornerstone of the old Glencoe Town Hall when it was demolished in the early 1960s.  Come see what we have chosen for future generations to discover in the year 2123.  \n  \nThis year\, our district is celebrating a number of anniversaries: \n\n200 years since Ekfrid Township and Mosa Township were incorporated (1821)\n170 years since early days of Dundonald (Glencoe) building homes and businesses along the rail line (1853)\n125 years since the Glencoe Town Hall was built (1898) and the cornerstone was laid. \n150 years since the Incorporation of the Town of Glencoe in 1873\n100 years since the Glencoe Library was built by the Carnegie Foundation (1923.\n60 years since Quad County school and Mosa Central School opened at Pratt Siding (1963) \n45 years since the Glencoe & District Historical Society was established in 1978. URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/tartan-days-at-the-archives/ LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_2985.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230517T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230517T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20230425T093052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240712T155657Z UID:1430-1684351800-1684357200@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Shannon Prince\, Buxton National Historic Site & Museum DESCRIPTION:May 17\, 2023 – Let’s Talk Black History\nWe were pleased to welcome Shannon Prince\, the longtime champion and curator of the Buxton National Historic Site & Museum.  An online audience connected with Shannon via Google Meet.  Here is a video by TVO that provides a great overview.   \nShannon Prince is the Curator of the Buxton National Historic Site & Museum. She is also a Storyteller and participant in historical re-enactments which brings the history of Buxton and the Underground Railroad to life for many groups both here and further a-field. She is a descendant of the early fugitive families that came to Canada for freedom and opportunity.  \nShannon is part of the  joint Underground Railroad projects with York University\, Toronto\, the Underground Railroad Freedom Centre in Cincinnati and with Millersville University and several historical organizations in Pennsylvania. She actively farms in Buxton with husband Bryan and their four children.  \nIn 1999\, she began her current role as Curator and has graduated with a certificate in Museum Studies through the Ontario Museums Association. She is currently a member of the Ontario Museums Association\, the steering committee and co-chair for the National Historic Sites Alliance for Ontario\, the Ontario Trillium Fund Grant Review Team and the Board of Directors for the Capitol Theatre. URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/lets-talk-black-history/ LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2006_shannon.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230419T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230419T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20230308T102747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230308T102747Z UID:1356-1681930800-1681938000@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:AGM: Show & Tell. Celebrating 45 years. DESCRIPTION:7 p.m. Annual General Meeting.  \nJoin the Glencoe & District Historical Society and come to the meeting of the members to review the accomplishments of 2022 and make plans for the coming year.  Individual Memberships are $20 and family memberships are $25.  Tax Receipts will be issued by Membership Secretary Harold Carruthers. \nShow and Tell!  Bring a family heirloom\, artifact\, or mysterious thing from the past to share with the group.  We’ll have some fun with this. \n  \nExisting members: this is your official notice to attend the annual general meeting to be held at the Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe\, Ontario.   \nOr attend via Zoom meeting.\nTopic: Glencoe & District Historical Society Annual General Meeting 45 years! \nTime: Apr 19\, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/83282727090?pwd=KzRZL0k2anJIbVhCaFNnamp3NzY5UT09 \n  \nMeeting ID: 832 8272 7090 \nPasscode: 298019 \nOne tap mobile \n+15074734847\,\,83282727090#\,\,\,\,*298019# US \n+15642172000\,\,83282727090#\,\,\,\,*298019# US \n  \nDial by your location \n+1 507 473 4847 US \n+1 564 217 2000 US \n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York) \n+1 646 931 3860 US \n+1 669 444 9171 US \n+1 689 278 1000 US \n+1 719 359 4580 US \n+1 720 707 2699 US (Denver) \n+1 253 205 0468 US \n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) \n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) \n+1 305 224 1968 US \n+1 309 205 3325 US \n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) \n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) \n+1 360 209 5623 US \n+1 386 347 5053 US \nMeeting ID: 832 8272 7090 \nPasscode: 298019 URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/agm-show-tell-celebrating-45-years/ LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230419 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230420 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20230307T113328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240319T012051Z UID:1341-1681862400-1681948799@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Open House to Celebrate 45 years. DESCRIPTION:Apr 19\, 2022  Open House to Celebrate 45 years.\n2 – 5 p.m.  Open House  \n7 p.m. Annual General Meeting.   \nA good crowd was in attendance for an afternoon open house and members returned in the evening for the 2022  annual general meeting of the Glencoe and District Historical Society. Once the evening business was complete\, a show and tell featuring historical items provided by attendees wrapped up the busy day.  \n  \n  URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/open-house-to-celebrate-45-years/ LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20230315T190000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20230315T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20230110T164326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230308T104011Z UID:1223-1678906800-1678914000@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:The Gaelic Language - Past\, Present and Future DESCRIPTION:Come out to the beautifully preserved one-room school House in the Tait’s Community to be inspired to learn the Gaelic language. Trevor Aitkens will teach us some basic words and expressions and explain the meaning of familiar given names\, surnames and place names in our community.  Or join via Zoom \nGaelic originated in Scotland in 500 AD and was in common use up until the battle of Culloden in 1746. After this point\, support waned for the language to the point where it was in danger of becoming extinct.  During the latter half of the 19th century\, it was the 3rd most spoken language in Canada and actually had a bill tabled in the Senate to become an official language. \nTrevor Aitkens grew up in Brooke township\, Lambton County\, and lived with his grandmother who spoke Gaelic.  He regrets now that he didn’t take it up at the time. He studied a number of other languages but realized later that he needed to pay homage to his own heritage. Trevor stumbled upon a night school offering in Mississauga in 1998 and took up a 25-year learning period with the language. \nThis is a public event for all ages. \nThis is a hybrid event: Zoom and in person.  Here’s the instructions and links: \nTime: Mar 15\, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/82585128691?pwd=VURnVFlTdFNQL01laUkzSnBFQU1JUT09 \nMeeting ID: 825 8512 8691\nPasscode: 094665\nOne tap mobile\n+13863475053\,\,82585128691#\,\,\,\,*094665# US\n+15074734847\,\,82585128691#\,\,\,\,*094665# US \nDial by your location\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 689 278 1000 US\n+1 719 359 4580 US\n+1 720 707 2699 US (Denver)\n+1 253 205 0468 US\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 309 205 3325 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\nMeeting ID: 825 8512 8691\nPasscode: 094665 \n  URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/lecture-scots-gaelic-past-present-and-future/ LOCATION:Tait’s Corners Community Centre\, 21365 Taits Road\, Glencoe\, ON\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screenshot-2023-03-07-at-5.47.09-AM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230305T134500 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230305T143000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20230129T201947Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230129T201947Z UID:1287-1678023900-1678026600@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Memorial Service: Battle of Longwoods DESCRIPTION:Join us on March 5th as we commemorate the Battle of Longwoods which was originally fought on March 4th 1814.  Arrive at 1:45 p.m. and park carefully.  We will remember them.  \nWe will  remember those injured and killed at the Battle of the Longwoods in 1814. \nBattle Hill National Historic Site\, 2945 Longwoods Rd\, Glencoe\, ON N0L 1M0 \nWatch this beautiful short video of the MOURNING RING OF LIEUTENANT PATRICK GRAEME OF THE 89TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. KILLED ON MARCH 4\, 1814\, WHILE LEADING THE BRITISH ATTACK AT THE BATTLE OF LONGWOODS. \n  \nClick to Facebook Event by the Upper Thames Military Re-enactment Society  https://www.royal-scots.com/ \nCo-hosted by the Glencoe & District Historical Society URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/memorial-service-battle-of-longwoods/ LOCATION:Battle Hill National Historic Site\, 2945 Longwoods Road\, Southwest Middlesex\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cairn.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230214T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230214T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20221124T085648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230215T033034Z UID:1183-1676401200-1676408400@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Book signing: From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge DESCRIPTION:Author Chip Martin will join us for a hybrid presentation.  Tune in to the Zoom links below or show up at the Archives. Glencoe & District Historical Society is proud to help launch this important new book. \nFilled with engaging stories and astonishing facts\, From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge examines the role of Canadians in the American Civil War. Award-winning journalist Brian Martin will open eyes in both Canada and the United States to how the two countries and their citizens interacted during the Civil War and the troubled times that surrounded it. \nDespite all we know about the Civil War\, its causes\, battles\, characters\, issues\, impacts\, and legacy\, few books have explored Canada’s role in the bloody conflict that claimed more than 600\,000 lives. \nA surprising 20\,000 Canadians went south to take up arms on both sides of the conflict\, while thousands of enslaved people\, draft dodgers\, deserters\, recruiters\, plotters\, and spies fled northward to take shelter in the attic that is Canada. Many escaped slavery and found safety through the Underground Railroad.  There were also KKK organizers who fled north.  Confederate President Jefferson Davis along with several of his emissaries and generals found refuge on Canadian soil\, and many plantation owners moved north of the border. \nThe historical society is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. \nLecture: From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge: Canada and the Civil War\nTime: Feb 14\, 2023 07:00 PM America/Toronto \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/84688108319?pwd=RUVPaVNGMFg4YVIrTjVxcGxzOUppUT09 \nMeeting ID: 846 8810 8319\nPasscode: 744381\nOne tap mobile\n+13863475053\,\,84688108319#\,\,\,\,*744381# US\n+15074734847\,\,84688108319#\,\,\,\,*744381# US \nDial by your location\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 689 278 1000 US\n+1 719 359 4580 US\n+1 720 707 2699 US (Denver)\n+1 253 205 0468 US\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 309 205 3325 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\nMeeting ID: 846 8810 8319\nPasscode: 744381 \n  URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/from-underground-railroad-to-rebel-refuge-canada-and-the-civil-war/ LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screenshot-2023-01-10-at-7.06.31-AM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230118T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230118T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T014735 CREATED:20221124T083447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230110T170218Z UID:1172-1674068400-1674075600@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca SUMMARY:Lecture: Japanese Interment Camp in Southwest Middlesex DESCRIPTION:Topic: Japanese Interment Camp in Southwest Middlesex\nTime: Jan 18\, 2023 07:00 PM America/Toronto \nThe presentation will be a talk and slide show in person and via zoom. It deals with the Japanese-Canadians who came to work on farms in Glencoe in 1942. They had been removed from British Columbia. Its focus is on Yon Shimizu one of the young men sent to work on farms in the Glencoe area.   \nCome to the Archives in person or stay home and join the Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/82084824718?pwd=dDRUSkpxTlhQQWUyTkZMdzFUMkVadz09 \nMeeting ID: 820 8482 4718\nPasscode: 794499\nOne tap mobile\n+17207072699\,\,82084824718#\,\,\,\,*794499# US (Denver)\n+12532050468\,\,82084824718#\,\,\,\,*794499# US \nDial by your location\n+1 720 707 2699 US (Denver)\n+1 253 205 0468 US\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 309 205 3325 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 689 278 1000 US\n+1 719 359 4580 US\nMeeting ID: 820 8482 4718\nPasscode: 794499 \nFacebook Post 2016\n\n\n\nBrian Angyal had the great pleasure of interviewing Yon Shimizu February 2016 to get a first hand account of his Glencoe adventures. Yon passed away on July 2\, 2016 but left behind a pictorial account of his time in the Glencoe work camp. \nYon Shimizu was an 18 year old from Victoria B.C. He was initially sent to Northern Ontario but in May 1942 he and over 100 others were sent to work on farms in SW Ontario. \nCrystal Palace at Glencoe fair grounds\, 1942 \nBrian Angyal interviewed Yon Shimizu just before he died in 2016. Documenting our peoples’ stories is so important. URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/japanese-interment-camp-in-southwest-middlesex/ LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/YonShimizu.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Glencoe%20%26%20District%20Historical%20Society":MAILTO:contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR