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Brock’s Walk
Eight days of celebrations from Toronto to Port Dover Sunday August 5 – Sunday August 12 2012
The Brock’s Walk celebrates a historically significant and pivotal event during the debut of the 1812 war highlighting one of the most important elements of Sir Isaac Brock’s legacy. Join Brock himself and follow the footsteps he had …
Education News – School Presentations
by Ruth Nicholson UE
In Pat Blackburn’s annual report she tells us that 1,010 grade three students and 592 grade seven students received our Loyalist presentations in 2012. That amounted to twenty-eight grade three classes and ten grade seven classes served. The education committee is to be congratulated on this great on-going effort to get …
Friends of the Tecumseh Monument – Buy a Brick Program
The Tecumseh Monument Re-development Project
Individuals and organizations are encouraged to support this important heritage initiative. The goal is to build a new, enhanced monument to the great First Nations war-chief Tecumseh, one more in keeping with his stature as an international hero and also to establish an open air museum which will interpret the …
Government Marker Program to Honour War of 1812 Veterans
by Fred Hayward UE
Communities across Canada will have a chance to commemorate heroes of the War of 1812, thanks to an investment from the Government of Canada. Funding for the Historic Military Establishment of Upper Canada was announced in Penetanguishene, Ontario on January 14, 2013 by Bruce Stanton, Member of Parliament (Simcoe North), …
Invitation to Camp Skinner Cemetery
Plaquing the Burial Location of Hartman Freeland UEL
As members of the United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada we are seeking to establish a new, visual link to those who opened the land in new settlement areas 225 years ago. The Loyalists were Canada’s first refugees. They lost everything during the American Revolution and started …
Loyalists’ Burial Plaquing
Doug Coppins UE
This past spring and summer we have unveiled our 9th and 10th plaques.
On June 16th, we unveiled a plaque at Camp Skinner Cemetery, Concession 2W, Orkney, Ontario, commemorating Hartman Freeland UEL.
Our unveiling ceremony was held at the Camp Skinner Cemetery on a hill north of Concession Road 2 between …
Remembering the Pivotal Battle of Queenston Heights and its Hero Sir Isaac Brock
by Ken Bird
The weekend of October 13th was a busy and exciting time for my wife, Maryanne and I. We had decided that retirement would allow us the freedom to inhale the thrill of reliving the event that 200 years ago proved to be pivotal in what is now …
Remembrance Ceremony at Hamilton Cemetery
On Saturday, November 10, after a short ceremony by the event organizer and local historian, Robin McKee, Pat Blackburn and Beverley Corsini jointly laid a wreath in the Hamilton Cemetery at the base of a grave marker which is known as “The Forgotten Monument”. The pillar was erected “by public subscription in honour of non-commissioned …
Representatives from Guernsey Visit Queenston Heights
Welcoming Sir Geoffrey Rowland – Retired Bailiff of Guernsey & Mike O’Hara – Minister of Culture & Leisure for the State of Guernsey by Ruth Nicholson UE
As part of the commemoration of the bicentenary of the death of General Sir Isaac Brock, Sir Geoffrey Rowland and Mike O’Hara traveled from Guernsey Island to Queenston …
The Monarchists’ Diamond Jubilee Celebration
For Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – Queen of Canada at Liuna Station – May 23rd 2012 Ruth Nicholson UE
The Honourable David C. Onley Lieutenant Governor of Ontario presented six Diamond Jubilee medals that evening. Jeff Thiessen, Branch Chairman of the Monarchists for Hamilton received the first one. Nathan Tidridge who had received his …
WAR CLUBS & WAMPUM BELTS: War of 1812 Gallery Show
by Ruth Nicholson UE
Woodland Cultural Centre 184 Mohawk St., Brantford, ON October 29 – December 24th 2012 www.woodland-centre.on.ca
In mid-December I visited the Woodland Cultural Centre to see their fabulous show of paintings, wampum belts, maps, flags, photographs and oh so many things that focused on the Haudenosaunee experience during the War …
Meet us at the Head of Lake Ontario 2013
2013 UELAC Annual Conference
May 30 – June 2, 2013 Holiday Inn, Burlington, Ontario THE HEAD OF THE LAKE The land surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario Rich in history and heritage
Come join us at the Holiday Inn, Burlington to discover the heroic stories of the early people of The …
Sir John A. Macdonald Day Celebration – 2015
Big 200th Bash Planned for John A
Adapted from the Spectator, Jan. 9, 2012
Hamilton annually celebrates Sir John A Macdonald Day on the first Sunday of January. Hamilton has a beautiful monument in Gore Park that is the image of our first prime minister.
We along with many heritage groups usually lay a wreath …
Waterdown’s History Teacher Honoured
by Ruth Nicholson UE
Monday November 28 2011 was a great day for Waterdown and a great day for Waterdown High’s history teacher, Nathan Tidridge and his students. Not every Canadian author gets a viceregal launch of a new book. The Honourable David C. Onley Lieutenant Governor of Ontario officially launched Canada’s Constitutional Monarchy by …