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Invitations for ZOOM meetings will be sent by email prior to the event.
Grand River Branch will be hosting several meetings throughout 2024:
Mark your calendars!!
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Hybrid Meeting
Best Western
19 Holiday Drive
Brantford, Ontario
12:00pm Lunch at Myras (at the Best Western)
** Please note: if we have more than 25 people for lunch, Best Western will be providing the meeting room at no charge. So be sure to attend in person if you can and bring a friend or two !!!
1:30pm Zoom links open for chat
2:00pm Meeting Start
Speaker: Linda Corupe – Website
– Becoming Canadian
Sunday, May 26, 2024
Hybrid Meeting
Best Western
19 Holiday Drive
Brantford, Ontario
12:00pm Lunch at Myras (at the Best Western)
1:30pm Zoom links open for chat
2:00pm Meeting Start
Speaker: Margaret Sault
– Mississauga of the New Credit
June 6 – 9, 2024
Dominion UELAC Immersive
Experience Weekend
Where: Cornwall, Ontario (home of the Dominion head office)
What: UELAC Dominion Convention: Including a weekend of activities celebrating 240 years of the founding of New Johnstown. Reenactments is part of the program.
Saturday, June 22, 2024
Loyalist Day
Vittoria
11:00am Social gathering
at Lamport Square
12:00 – 12:30pm Meet at the Lion’s
Meeting Room
12:30pm Ham Lunch Buffet.
$20.00 per person
2:00pm – Guest Speaker
Short Meeting to follow
Speaker: Bill King
– Uncovering Hamilton’s Golden Age of Stone Architecture
Sunday, July 21, 2024
Field Trip
Arrive by 1:30pm
St. Marys Museum
177 Church St. S.
St. Marys, Ontario
Destination Website: https://www.townofstmarys.com/en/recreation-and-culture/Museum-and-Archives.aspx
Sunday, August 11, 2024
Fanshawe Pioneer Village
1424 Clarke Road
London, Ontario N5V 5B9
Arrive by 1:30pm
Speaker Heather Rennalls
– Fugitive Slave Chapel
Destination Website: https://www.fanshawepioneervillage.ca
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Hybrid Meeting
Best Western
19 Holiday Drive
Brantford, Ontario
1:30pm Zoom links open for chat
2:00pm Meeting Start
Speaker: Ron Fair
– Hemp growing in Ontario for the Navy
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Hybrid Meeting
Best Western
19 Holiday Drive
Brantford, Ontario
1:30pm Zoom links open for chat
2:00pm Meeting Start
Speaker: Elizabeth (Jane) Errington
– Loyalist Women
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Hybrid Meeting
Best Western
19 Holiday Drive
Brantford, Ontario
1:30pm Zoom links open for chat
2:00pm Meeting Start
Speaker: Sandra McNamara
– Loyalists as Refugees