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SUMMARY:May 31\, June 1: Wartime Homefront
DESCRIPTION:More information at: https://www.backuspagehouse.ca/event3 \nWartime Homefront at the Backus Page House Museum\nMay 31st & June 1st\, 2025\n11am – 5pm\n\nThe Glencoe & District Historical society will be stepping into history at the  Wartime Homefront Event at Backus Page House Museum\, 29424 Lakeview Line\, Wallacetown\, ON N0L 2M0.  \nExperience being transported back to Canada during World War I and World War II to see what it was like on the homefront.  This immersive event features a multitude of interactive booths\, each brimming with engaging activities for kids. \n\nOrganized by the Tyrconnell Heritage Society.  \nAdmission:\nKids & Veterans – FREE!\nAdults – $15\nSeniors – $10 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPopular historian Ted Barris to speak at the Backus-Page House on June 1.\n\nTed Barris has written twenty-two books about the wars and wartime\, and has been interviewing veterans for fifty years!  Local people and places will populate the presentation\, with engaging tales and excerpts from letters written by Victoria Cross winner Ellis Sifton\, of Wallacetown\, a young fellow who ran away from home at age 16 to join the merchant marines.   Ted Barris shares his thoughts on why our neighbours to the south know so much more about their (very narrow) view of their role in the wars\, while we in Canada seemed to have remained quiet about the sacrifices by soldiers and their families. A couple of favourite books are “Rush to Danger\,” the tales of medics in the wars\, and “Juno: Canadians at D-Day\, June 6\, 1944.\n\nBarris’ books are realistic detailed portraits of Canadians at war. Many of his books are available from the local library branches.  It is an honour and a privilege to welcome Ted Barris to provide a deeper context to our understanding and experience of the Home Front during the wars\, as part of this interactive\, exciting\, and revealing ‘festival.’ Come to the Wartime Homefront\, your understanding and weekend will be powerfully enriched\, and you will learn to love history more than ever\, the hurts\, healing\, homes\, and expense\, as well as the love\, commitment and supports created\, all important aspects of the development of Canada\, its national self-awareness\, and our freedoms.\n\nWartime Homefront\, May 31 and June 1\, 11 am – 5 pm\, 29424 Lakeview Line\, Wallacetown.\nCheck the Backus Page web page for further details and information about this awesome historical site!\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\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\n+3\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll reactions:\n44
URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/wartimehomefront/
LOCATION:Backus Page House Museum\, 29424 Lakeview Line\, Wallacetown\, Ontario\, N0L 2M0
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SUMMARY:June 4\, 5\, 7\, 8       Play by Len Cuthbert
DESCRIPTION:BLUE SIDE UP\, a play by Len Cuthbert\nA great new contemporary play.  Eight members attended the June 7th Strathroy performance at the developing Wright Centre.  We were pleased to meet members of the Board of Directors.  Let’s support this wonderful project to bring a performing arts centre to downtown Strathroy.  – Mary Simpson\, Pres\, G&DHS.   \n\n\nMary Simpson: We love Len’s plays – he writes plays about us.  Plays about southwestern Ontario.  Plays about our people and culture.  Len Cuthbert wrote 2023’s Lawrence Station & 2024’s Snapshots)\nThis is a  play for all those who love flying…. For those who love looking down at the earth from a few meters or thousands of metres above the earth’s surface.  Let’s meet the four characters.  There are six performances to choose from.   \n$20 adv / $25 door        Buy TICKETS ONLINE here at  www.OnStageLive.ca \nWritten and produced by Len Cuthbert\,  ONSTAGELIVE.ca\nDates: Wed. Jun 4 @ 7 pm at the Keystone Complex\, Shedden\, ON \nThur. Jun 5 @ 2 pm at the Keystone Complex\, Shedden\, ON \nThur. Jun 5 @ 7 pm at the Keystone Complex\, Shedden\, ON \nSat. Jun 7 @ 2 pm at The Wright Place\, Strathroy\, ON \nSat. Jun 7 @ 7 pm at The Wright Place\, Strathroy\, ON \nSun. Jun 8 @ 2 pm at The  Wright Place\, Strathroy\, ON \nTICKETS / INFO @ www.OnStageLive.ca \n\n\nFrom the playwright: \n\nDid you know that there are between 12\,000 and 14\,000 aircraft in the air at one time?\n\nI was on one of them at the end of March break\, in the very back seat\, waiting to land at Toronto Pearson during very turbulent weather. It was so rough\, that as we were on the final approach\, (in the same type of aircraft as the Delta flight that rolled over in a crash at Pearson recently)\, I had a strong feeling that the pilot would choose to abort the landing. Sure enough\, the engines spooled up and the pilot conducted a missed approach\, and off we went. When this happens\, it’s a busy scene in the cockpit with cleaning the aircraft up (flaps\, spoilers\, gear\, and anything else that’s sticking out) changing charts\, frequencies and plans to head into a new approach pattern. It’s hard to tell all that’s going on in the back seat\, so after we arrived home\, I went to a website where you can watch all active flights all over the world. There\, you can look up your most recent flight and see the route with all flight details like speed and altitude. I found our flight and discovered that the pilot opted to change runways in the process which resulted in a perfect landing. Go here and watch some serious live aircraft activity. https://www.flightradar24.com/\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome take flight with these four unique characters as they surprise you with the unexpected experiences of life that make it hard to keep the blue side up. \n\nMick\, a young pilot/aircraft mechanic of a small airport in Welland also acts as the airport manager in exchange for living space above the hangar\, where he is guardian of his 13 year old sister left in his care by his deceased parents. He understands aircraft\, but not so much raising a teen sister.\nDee-J just turned 13 and is growing up in an apartment above an airport hangar while her classmates have normal lives in normal homes. But what is normal? She’s an adventurous teen who loves to fly.\nJade was abandoned by her mother as a child and grew up in the foster system. She is friends with Mick and Dee-J and occasionally helps Mick with raising Dee-J. But Mick and Jade operate completely differently making their relationship interesting. She also works part time for Mick while taking classes at college.\nDelilah is everyone’s friend and Jade’s college roommate. She’s compassionate and caring and wouldn’t have experienced half the adventures if it weren’t for her controlling and needy friend Jade.\n\nSupported by The Wright Foundation & Township of Southwold \nBlue Side Up. Play by Len Cuthbert.
URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/2809/
LOCATION:The Wright Place\, 113 Front Street\, Strathroy\, Ontario\, N7G 1X5\, Canada
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SUMMARY:June 11\, 2025 Virtual Tour of the Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History 
DESCRIPTION:The Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History  \n\n\n\n\nDate: June 11\, 2025Format: Zoom Livestream from Dresden\, Ontario \nOn the evening of June 11th\, approximately 20 participants gathered—some in person at The Archives enjoying tea and cookies\, others from the comfort of their homes—for a compelling virtual tour of the Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History. Led by curator Steven Cook\, this immersive Zoom event brought to life a deeply moving chapter of Canadian and North American history. \nBroadcast live from the museum in Dresden\, the tour provided a guided walk through the museum’s extensive five-acre property\, featuring the Josiah Henson House\, a sawmill\, three historical buildings\, two cemeteries\, and an Interpretive Centre. The experience was enriched by personal stories\, historical insight\, and preserved artifacts that highlight the courage and resilience of freedom seekers who escaped slavery and found refuge in Canada via the Underground Railroad. \nWe extend our sincere thanks to Steven Cook and the museum team for their dedication and storytelling. We learned about: \n\nThe trans-Atlantic slave trade\n\nSlavery in Ontario \n\n\nThe life and legacy of Josiah Henson \n\n\nThe history and operation of the Underground Railroad \n\n\nEarly Black settlements in Ontario \n\n\n— Mary Simpson\, Glencoe & District Historical Society \n\n\n\n\n\nAn estimated 30\,000 Black refugees from slavery in the United States fled to Canada along the silent tracks of the Underground Railroad – a network of people who aided these refugees as they followed the North Star to freedom. One of these freedom seekers was abolitionist\, Underground Railroad conductor and former slave Josiah Henson.  \nMr. Henson became known as Uncle Tom through his connection to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 anti-slavery novel\, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.  \n  \n  \nJosiah Henson House\, Dresden\, ON\n 
URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/virtual-tour-of-josiah-henson-museum/
LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada
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SUMMARY:June 22: Decoration Day Service at St. Mary’s Anglican Church – Napier
DESCRIPTION:Here is the report of this special church service and community gathering by Jenny Grainger. \nWe had a wonderful turnout for this year’s Decoration Day at St. Mary’s—Ontario’s oldest surviving church building in Middlesex County! \nBuilt in the 1840s with walnut wood donated by Captain Christopher Beer (who even delayed building his own house to help make it happen!)\, this little church has a big story. \nThanks to the ongoing care of local families—especially the Toohills—St. Mary’s still stands as a place of peace\, memory\, and history. \nIt’s amazing to think that regular services stopped back in 1920\, but the tradition of gathering continues nearly a century later. \nThanks to everyone who joined us! 💐⛪️ \nSt. Mary’s Anglican Church – Napier – 1418 Melwood Drive\, Strathroy\, ON  N7G 3H5. \n  \n\nHistory of St. Mary’s Anglican Church – Napier\, ON\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/june-22-decoration-day-service-at-st-marys-anglican-church-napier/
LOCATION:St. Mary’s Anglican Church Napier\, 1418 Melwood Drive\, Strathroy\, ON\, N7G 3H5.\, Canada
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