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SUMMARY:April 9: Vimy Ridge Day
DESCRIPTION:Vimy Ridge Day is a day to commemorate the deaths and casualties of members of the Canadian Corps in the Battle of Vimy Ridge\, which took place during the First World War. The non-statutory observance has been designated to occur annually on 9 April since 2003.
URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/vimy/
LOCATION:Glencoe Epitaph on Main Street by the train tracks\, Glencoe\, ON
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SUMMARY:Apr 11: Annual Heritage Fair
DESCRIPTION:Area historians took part in the Middlesex Centre Archives Heritage Fair at the Delaware Community Centre on Saturday\, April 11.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHeritage Fair in Delaware 2026 – Strathroy & District Historical Socieety
URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/heritage-fair/
LOCATION:Delaware Community Centre\, 2652 Gideon Drive\, Delaware\, Ontario\, Canada
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SUMMARY:April 15\, 2026  Annual General Meeting for 2025 - 2026
DESCRIPTION:Annual General Meeting \n📅 Wednesday\, April 15\, 2026\n 🕖 7:00 p.m.\n 📍 Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe\, Ontario \nReport by Marie Williams: \nThe Annual General Meeting of the Glencoe and District Historical Society drew a group of dedicated historians to The Archives on Wednesday evening\, April 15. The presentation of reports by directors\, executive members and volunteers preceded the election of officers. Harold Carruthers outlined the research completed and the events the Society took part in. It was reported that there were 2\,570 volunteer hours completed throughout the year. Outgoing president Mary Simpson reviewed the work of the Society and thanked members for their support. There are presently 73 paid memberships with more volunteers stepping up in various capacities. A brief show and tell of historical items closed the meeting before refreshments were shared. \n 
URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/apr15agm/
LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada
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SUMMARY:April 23 - Newbury and the Sixties Scoop
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Cody Groat shared a deeply personal and powerful presentation about the Sixties Scoop through the story of his late father\, Bill Groat.  About 45 people attended this moving presentation.  Thank you staff of Glencoe Library for working with the historical society to build a wonderful partnership.  \nA survivor of this dark chapter in Canadian history\, Bill was a Kanyen’kehaka (Mohawk) child raised in a foster home in Newbury\, Ontario\, before returning to his biological parents—survivors of the Indian Residential School System—in London\, Ontario.  \nPatrick Johnston\, a researcher for the Canadian Council on Social Development\, first used the term “Sixties Scoop” in his 1983 report on Indigenous children in the child welfare system\, entitled Native Children and the Child Welfare System. In the report\, Johnston describes the large-scale apprehension of Indigenous children in the 1960s from their homes\, communities and families of birth — often without their parents’ or band’s consent — and their subsequent adoption into predominantly non-Indigenous families across the United States and Canada. The Sixties Scoop was not an isolated event propelled by inferior Indigenous parenting\, but rather an extension of paternalistic policies in Canada that sought the assimilation of Indigenous cultures and communities.  Ref: The Canadian Encyclopedia \n  \nDr. Groat is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Indigenous Studies at Western University\, and a citizen of the Kanyen’kehaka nation and Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve. In 2025\, he received the King Charles III Coronation Medal for his work promoting Canadian heritage. \n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Groat is the author of Always a Part of the Land: the Federal Commemoration of Indigenous Histories\, available for pre-order here: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/always-a-part-of-the-land-the-federal-commemoration-of-indigenous-histories/9780228027775.html\n\n\n\nCheck out Dr. Groat commenting on the return of items from the Vatican:  https://youtu.be/MBx30UPx2jM?si=yb779M12tfELPxil.     He talks with APTN’s Creeson Agecoutay about the Indigenous artifacts coming into Canada from the Vatican. \nAlso\, here is more of his work: \nhttps://woodlandculturalcentre.ca/media-release-unesco-residential-schools-gathering/. \nThanks for coming everyone.  And thank you for sharing your incredible life journey stories. \nMary Simpson\, G&DHS Programming \nApril 23\, 2026\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/cody_groat/
LOCATION:Glencoe Public Library\, 123 McKellar St.\, Glencoe\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada
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