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At the same event as mentioned at a previous post, I also spoke briefly on June 13, 2015, about Colonel Samuel Smith, with the following Speaking Notes as a guide. I highlighted a few points, and left out the rest. I enjoy organizing such talk, working in coordination with other people. The event was the […]
Below are bullet points for a brief talk I gave on June 13, 2015. I share them for your interest. I just chose a few things to focus on, during the actual talk. I didn’t much refer to my notes. The talk went well. We had a good sound system. We just showed one or […]
This post is concerned with one of the topics at the June 13, 2015 Long Branch Fest Community Storytelling Panel that will be taking place starting at 8:00 pm at the corner of Twenty Ninth Street and Lake Shore Blvd. West. Colonel Samuel Smith Below are Speaking Notes for the presentation about the History of Colonel […]
Long Branch Fest Community Storytelling Panel June 13, 2015 8pm onward Music will be provided by Hayley Ryerson and Anthony Savidge between talks. Currently finishing her Bachelor of Music at Humber College, Hayley Ryerson is a fiddler and violinist who lives in Etobicoke. Her home studio, One Tune At A Time, is now accepting students […]
A feature of the Jane’s Walk phenomenon, or movement, or whatever you wish to call it, is that not everyone knows what a Jane’s Walk is. I’m in that category. I don’t know precisely what a Jane’s Walk is. That’s something that I enjoy about the Jane’s Walk experience. This is my fourth year of […]
I have an interest in military history including the history of the British empire. My interest in the latter empire stems from the fact that Colonel Samuel Smith, who fought on the British side in the American Revolutionary War, in 1797 built a log cabin a one-minute walk from where I live in Long Branch (Toronto […]
An April 30, 2014 Etobicoke Guardian article highlights the great Jane’s Walks that are taking place – rain of shine – across South Etobicoke this weekend: http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/4491684-join-a-jane-s-walk-this-weekend-in-etobicoke/ A minor correction: The log cabin at the Colonel Samuel Smith homestead site, which was built in 1797, was demolished in 1955. It ceased to be a family […]
Our seventh and final stop, at the Sunday, May 4, 2014 Jane’s Walk in Long Branch, which starts at 10:30 am at the East Parking Lot at Marie Curtis Park, will be at the Fair Grounds Organic Roastery and Cafe at Twenty Fourth Street and Lake Shore Blvd. West. We’ve prepared two videos, each under […]