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SUMMARY:May 2:  Jane's Walk in Glencoe
DESCRIPTION:Glencoe \nfacilitated by Harold Carruthers.  Meet at the corner of Main Street and Symes Street at 10:00 am. \nA walk through Glencoe looking at: \n\nHistoric gathering places\n\n\nOpportunities for neighbourhood and citizen care\n\n  \nWhat to Expect\n\n60–90 minute neighbourhood walk\n\n\nInformal\, participatory format (not a traditional guided tour)\n\n\nStories\, memories\, and local knowledge shared along the way\n\n\nExploration of parks\, halls\, churches\, sidewalks\, and gathering places\n\n\nConversation about strengths\, gaps\, and opportunities for care\n\nMore details (meeting locations and route specifics) will be added as they become available. \n  \nWhat is a Jane’s Walk?\nJane’s Walks are simple\, powerful\, and proven. They invite people to walk together\, share stories\, and talk about what makes a place liveable\, welcoming\, and worth caring for. \nNo lectures.\nNo formal presentations.\nJust walking\, listening\, and conversation. \nLearn more: https://janeswalk.org/
URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/janeswalk/
LOCATION:The Archives\, 178 McKellar Street\, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex)\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada
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SUMMARY:May 2.  Ken's Walk - Wardsville
DESCRIPTION:Click here for larger image\nJoin local historian Ken Willis for a guided walk through Wardsville. This walking tour highlights the history of  Main Street\, sharing stores of the buildings\, people and events that have shaped the village.   Link to fb Event:  Ken’s Walk \nMeet at 10 a.m. at the Wardsville Museum.  Rain date is May 9\, 2026 \nWhat is Jane’s Walk? \nThis walk is part of the global Jane’s Walk festival (https://www.janeswalk.org)\, a weekend of community-led walking tours held around the world. \n 
URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/kenswalk/
LOCATION:Ontario
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SUMMARY:May 2 - Appin Jane's Walk
DESCRIPTION:A walk exploring the Appin community and surrounding landscape.  Facilitated by Dunc Hodgson & Heather Jacobs \nMeet at.   The Ekfrid Museum behind the community centre \nThis walk will invite conversation about: \n\nThe story of Appin as a rural crossroads community\n\n\nKey places of gathering\, past and present\n\n\nConnections between land\, history\, and community life\n\n  \n \nAppin Community walk
URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/appinwalk/
LOCATION:Appin Museum\, 48 Wellington Ave\, Appin\, Ontario\, N0L 1A0\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260506T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260506T210000
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SUMMARY:May 6: Cheated!   On-line.
DESCRIPTION:Cheated: The LaurierLiberals and the Theft of First Nations Reserve Land (2023)  tells the surrender story from inside the Indian Affairs department. What happened\, how\, and most importantly why\, is documented in official government records held by Library and Archives Canada. \nThis on-line event is part of our 10\,000Years of History program.  \nBill Waiser is one of Canada’s foremost historians. For more than three decades\, he was a history professor at the University of Saskatchewan. He is now a full-time writer and public speaker. Bill Waiser is the author or more than a dozen books\, including A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan before 1905 (2016)\, winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for nonfiction\, and Cheated: The Laurier Liberals and the Theft of First Nations Reserve Land (2023)\, which he co-authored with historian Jennie Hansen. He is also the recipient of the Governor General’s History Award for Popular Media (the Pierre Berton Award). Bill lives in Saskatoon\, Saskatchewan. \nGo to this website to register: https://cihe.ca/eventcalendar/cheated-the-laurier-liberals-and-the-theft-of-first-nations-reserve-land/ \nScroll down for registering so you can attend online.  Hit ‘RSVP Button” \n  \n  \n\n\nDetails\n\nDate:May 6\nTime:  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm\nCost:Free\n\n\n\nOrganizer\n\nCanadian Institute for Historical Education\nEmailinfo@cihe.ca\nView Organizer Website\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\nCameron Hall\n\n1585 Yonge St.\nToronto\, ON M4T 1Z9 Canada + Google Map
URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/cheated/
LOCATION:Ontario
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SUMMARY:Clean up at Simpson Cemetery
DESCRIPTION:Come join us to care for our ancestors’ resting place.  Bring your own tools.  10 am \n 
URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/simpson_cemetery/
LOCATION:21563 Pratt Siding Rd\, Glencoe\, ON N0L 1M0\, 21563 Pratt Siding Rd\, Glencoe\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada
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SUMMARY:May 14:  Kendra Coulter — The Tortoise’s Tale
DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, May 14\, 2026\n Time: 6:00 p.m.\n Location: Glencoe Public Library \nThe Glencoe & District Historical Society\, in partnership with the Glencoe Public Library\, is pleased to welcome Kendra Coulter\, author of The Tortoise’s Tail\, as part of our Spring Author Series. \nIn this engaging talk\, Coulter will discuss her book The Tortoise’s Tale\, a unique and moving memoir told from the perspective of a tortoise. Through this unconventional voice\, the book invites readers to reflect on time\, care\, resilience\, and human–animal relationships. \nKendra Coulter is a scholar and writer based at Huron University College at Western University\, where her work explores social justice\, care\, and the lives we share with animals. Her writing blends storytelling with thoughtful reflection\, offering insights that resonate across generations. \nThis event is open to the public and all are welcome. \n  \n🐢 Extraordinary Lifespans\nTortoises are among the longest-lived vertebrates on Earth\, with documented individuals reaching well over 100 years — and in rare cases closer to 200+. \n\nJonathan\, a Seychelles giant tortoise\, is still alive as of 2026 and may be around 190 years old.\nTu’i Malila\, a radiated tortoise given to the Tongan royal family in the 18th century\, lived roughly 188 years.\nAdwaita\, an Aldabra giant tortoise kept in a zoo for most of its life\, was reputed to have lived up to 255 years (though this older estimate isn’t fully confirmed).\nTimothy\, a Mediterranean tortoise living in a castle garden in England\, reached about 160 years old.\n\nThese examples show tortoises can outlive multiple human generations\, which is rare in the animal world and contributes to the sense that they “linger” in human environments. \n🧬 Why Tortoises Live So Long\nBiologically\, tortoises have traits that help them age slowly and survive for centuries: \n\nSlow metabolism — their bodies burn energy very slowly\, which reduces cellular stress over time.\nProtective shell — a strong physical defense that reduces predation once they’re adults.\nLow predation in adulthood — once fully grown\, most tortoises have few natural enemies.\nSome species may even age more slowly than expected under good environmental conditions\, according to recent research.\n\nThese biological factors make long lives not just possible\, but common among many tortoise species.
URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/tortoise/
LOCATION:Glencoe Public Library\, 123 McKellar St.\, Glencoe\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada
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SUMMARY:May 20:   10\,000 Years of Agriculture & Food in sw Ontario
DESCRIPTION:May 20\, 2026 at the Glencoe Library at 1:00 p.m. \nElgie’s compelling research culminated in her book\, This Land: the story of two hundred acres in Kent County\, Ontario\, and her talk promises to inspire and fascinate anyone interested in agricultural history\, genealogy\, and the legacy of Southwestern Ontario’s farmland. \nDrawing from extensive research saved by her ancestors and combined with her in-depth research into census and land records\, archaeological findings\, and historical texts\, Kae Elgie tells the remarkable story of 10\,000 years of food gathering and agricultural production on the 200-acre farm in Chatham-Kent where she grew up. \nWhat began as an exploration of her own family history soon evolved into a broader narrative of agricultural\, social\, and economic trends stretching back to the end of the last Ice Age. Her presentation will explore how changes in the land and its use reflect deep shifts over millennia\, from Indigenous food systems to the colonial and modern eras. \n  \nBio:\n Kae Elgie brings to her research a wealth of experience from her pre-retirement career as Manager of Information Technology for the Region of Waterloo Library. Her passion for organizing information continues to guide her family history and genealogy work. \nKae is a member of several historical organizations\, including the Kent County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society\, the Ontario Historical Society\, and Architectural Conservancy Ontario. She is the author of This Land: the story of two hundred acres in Kent County\, Ontario (Fountain Street Press\, 2019). \nBook Information:\n Elgie’s book\, This Land: the story of two hundred acres in Kent County\, Ontario (Fountain Street Press\, 2019\, ISBN 978-0-9812776-3-9)\, is available for purchase.\n Contact: info@fountainstreetpress.ca | 519-635-8951 \nWebsite:\n Visit Kae Elgie’s author page at https://www.facebook.com/FountainStreetPress/ \nThis event was originally scheduled for Jan 21\, 2026 but rescheduled due to a snow storm.
URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/farmhistory/
LOCATION:Glencoe Public Library\, 123 McKellar St.\, Glencoe\, Ontario\, N0L 1M0\, Canada
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SUMMARY:May 23 & 24:  Stories & Tales From the Front
DESCRIPTION:Event by Backus-Page House Museum\n\nFrom the muddy trenches of Europe to the resilient “Home Front” efforts right here in our own backyard\, join us as guest speakers and acclaimed authors breathe life into the letters\, diaries\, and records of the Great Wars.\n\n  \nSaturday May 23 rd 2026\n10 a.m. “A Silver Cross Mother”\nThe Memorial cross\, also known as the Silver Cross\, was first created\nin 1919 for all the mothers and widows of Canadian military personnel\nwho died in service. The story of one Silver Cross mother\, re-enactor\nTracy Gordon \n11 a.m. “Boys to Men”\nFrom 1951 to 1965 those who volunteered to be soldiers who were\nunder age participated in regular training and upgrading their\nscholastic knowledge became part of the regular armed forces after\ntwo years and saw active service. Dough Heil \n1 p.m. “Marching Orders”\nThe creation and continued operation of a successful mobile First World\nWar education day program of History Matters. A photo rich presentation\noutlining this program’s outreach and development with Jeff Brown\n2 p.m. “Canadian Military Medicine in the Great War” \nDuring the Great War the Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC)\nexpanded rapidly to treat massive casualties\, with over half of all Canadian\nphysicians serving overseas. It was the worlds largest medical conference\nin the world’s worst hotel re-enactor and researcher Peter Monahan \n3 p.m. “Rush to Danger”\nA front-line recounting of the experiences of stretcher-bearers\, medical\ncorpsmen\, nurses\, surgeons\, orderlies\, dentists\, and ambulance drivers\nfrom the American Civil War to Afghanistan with military historian\nTed Barris \n7 p.m. “Valor Remembered – A Dream to Reality”\nResearching the men and women of Dutton-Dunwich who served in\nthe Canadian Military and who are now memorialized in the recently\ndedicated cenotaph local historian Blair Furguson \nSunday May 24 th 2026 \n1 p.m. “Bluebirds in the Poppy Field”\nOn the night of May 19-20 in 1918 a German air raid targeted a cluster\nof Canadian and British field hospitals along the railways of Etapls France\nsix Canadian Nursing Siters were killed. Nancy Iron-Murray \n2 p.m. “The Liberation Trail”\nA film made in 2017 to mark the 70 th anniversary of the liberation\nof Holland\, which follows two former 1 st Hussars who took part in the\nthis theater of war by Lt. Colonel Joe Murray \nAdmission both days by donation \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/share/18hCedLwfw/.  Facebook Event\n\n\n\n\n\nStep back in time with the Backus-Page House Museum in partnership with St. Peter’s Anglican Church for a weekend of remembrance and discovery. “Stories & Tales From the Front” is a unique conference dedicated to the personal histories of WWI and WWII\, specifically focusing on the brave individuals and hardworking families of Southwestern Ontario.\n\n\nWhat to expect:\n\n\n\n\nExpert Guest Speakers: Deep dives into regional military history.\nAuthor Spotlights: Discussions on the literature of war and local impact.\nLocal Lore: Specific stories from the Talbot Settlement and surrounding area.\nWhether you are a history buff\, a descendant of a veteran\, or simply curious about our local heritage\, this event offers a profound look at the resilience of the human spirit.\n\n\n\n\nThis event is being held at St. Peter’s church just down the road from Backus-Page House Museum. http://www.stpeterschurchtyrconnell.org/. Lakeview Line\, Tyrconnell across from John E. Pearce Provincial Park.\n\nAdmission by Donation: (Suggested $20/person).All proceeds help offset the costs of our guest authors\, speakers\, and event promotion. Thank you for supporting local heritage! \nSee less
URL:https://glencoehistoricalsociety.ca/event/stories/
LOCATION:St. Peter’s Anglican Church\, Tyronnell\, ON\, Lakeview Line\, Wallacetown\, Ontario\, N0L 2M0\, Canada
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