On Sunday, July 26, the Glencoe & District Historical Society joined the Municipality of Southwest Middlesex, the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, and over 60 guests at Willey Cemetery to formally designate the site as a United Empire Loyalist Burial Ground and to unveil commemorative plaques honouring Corporal John Phillips, UEL, and his son, Sergeant Peter Phillips, UE.
The afternoon opened with piper Rob Easton's prelude and the singing of "O Canada," followed by an Indigenous land acknowledgement from GDHS President Norm McGill and welcomes from Southwest Middlesex Mayor Allan Mayhew, Middlesex County Warden Susan Clark, and UELAC London Branch President Carol Childs, who brought greetings on behalf of the national Association and formally recognized Willey Cemetery as a Loyalist Burial Site.