The Burford Township Historical Society will be hosting an Open House at the Harley Museum this Saturday, February 25th, 2012, from 11 am to 3 pm.Harley is the name of the little hamlet just to the west of Burford (which makes it part of our Brant County family).This is not a motorcycle museum by the way. Come and hear why...
Family Heritage DayHosted by Westfield Heritage Village February 20, 2012 12:30 pm until 4:00 pm At Westfield Heritage Village 1049 Kirkwall Road , Rockton Ontario
"LOONIE" FAMILY DAY! Where: Bell Homestead National Historic SiteFebruary 20th, 2012 from 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM. Take time with your family to visit Brantford's world-renowned family home for the special admission price of $1 per person (children 6 and under free). Explore the 1870's surroundings that inspired the Bell's genius son to invent the telephone. Don't forget to visit the Henderson Home...
2012 marks the 100th anniversary for the St. George Fire Department. Members of the current force have been researching the history and preparing for events in the coming year to mark the anniversary.Paul McConkey has compiled a brief (and nicely illustrated) history of firefighting in St. George that is available through the County of Brant Public Library website -...
February 6th: Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne after the death of her father, King George VI in 1952, at the age of 25. Her coronation followed on June 2, 1953.There will be events across Canada to mark this anniversary and the St. George Museum and Archives would like to contribute as well - by collecting up royal stories...
This year the birthday of Adelaide Hunter Hoodless will be celebrated on Monday, February 27th, 2012! Please join the good people of the Hoodless Homestead for an afternoon of historic house tours, fellowship, tea and birthday cake!The Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead, is a National Historic Site recognizing the birthplace and childhood home of one of...
Mayor Ron Eddy has donated to the St. George Museum and Archives a wonderfully restored plough from the B. Bell & Sons Foundry in St. George. There is a great story behind this plough and how it came to be in the mayor's hands - and he will tell that when the plough is formally unveiled at our Annual...
"Robert Nixon: Ontario's First Political Family" - was one of the topics on the January 31st, 2012 edition of TVO's popular show, The Agenda with Steve Paikin.Politics in the family: The Nixon family represents one of Ontario's true political families. In 1962, Robert Nixon was elected to the Ontario Legislature, a position to which he has been re-elected three...
At Brant County Council last week, two outstanding supporters of local history were presented with awards from the province. Marion Sheridan received a lifetime achievement award and our own Cliff Jones, Jr. was awarded for his heritage contributions. The awards are coordinated by the Ontario Heritage Trust Foundation and Marion and Cliff were nominated for the awards by the...
Christine MacArthur, from the County of Brant Public Library, has been kind enough to post photos from the launch event for our Digital Collection on the Library's Flickr webpage: www.flickr.com/brantlibraryThank you to everyone who attended - and to those who supported the project by donation items and images to be scanned and photographed.Christine gave everyone in attendance a tour...
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