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As a follow-up to a recent post about Tecumseh, I’ve borrowed Tecumseh: A Life (1997) from the Toronto Public Library. Given that it came out in 1997, it’s understandable that John Sugden’s book is dated in one aspect of terminology. He uses the term Indians as contrasted to terms, such as First Nations, that are […]
The October 2013 Fife & Drum newsletter can be accessed here: fife-and-drum-oct-2013 The newsletter begins with an interesting overview of how Tecumseh has been treated by politicians in the United States and Canada over the past two hundred years. Oct. 5, 2013 was the 200th anniversary of Tecumseh’s death An Oct. 7, 2013 Globe and […]
The following photo is from a Sept. 18, 2013 BlogTO.com article: “Rooftopping in Toronto, vintage edition”: Comment I enjoy this photo because it shows the curve in the Gardiner Expressway occasioned by the presence of Fort York. During its construction, traffic engineers were adamant that a curve in the expressway to accommodate Fort York would […]
Below is a text-only version of a recent E-News update from Heritage Toronto. [You can subscribe to the newsletter at the Heritage Toronto website.] HERITAGE TORONTO E- NEWS July 11, 2013 Hello there. We hope everyone survived the storm on Monday relatively unscathed. There are reports that this was as much, if not more rain […]
I much enjoy reading news from or about Fort York. Below is a link to the June 2013 Fife and Drum newsletter, published by Friends of Fort York: fife-and-drum-june-2013 The lead article features Laura Secord. I much enjoyed a heritage walk some time ago, organized in association with Fort York, where participants traced the path […]
A May 25, 2013 article by Randy Boswell of Postmedia News, which David Juliusson has informed me about, begins with the following opening paragraphs: A huge cache of Canadian history, stored for 200 years in three wooden chests held at a British estate, is set to be auctioned next month in London — a possible […]
David Juliusson of Toronto has informed us of an article, related to a series of War of 1812 lectures, in the March 20, 2013 Torontoist. [Click on link in previous sentence to access the article.] The head, subhead, and introduction read as follows: First in a Series of articles about the War on the Torontoist […]
Once or twice a week I send out news highlights to my email distribution list, which I set up as part of the Parkview School story, before I set up the Preserved Stories website. The news highlights, in turn, are based on my online Newsletter category. I set up the newsletter – a format that […]
The following message is from Elizabeth Quance of Friends of Fort York: This message is to let you know about a special event taking place at the Fort on Saturday, February 23: the 6th annual Mad for Marmalade, Crazy for Citrus. If you live in the Greater Toronto Area and you have a passion for marmalade, you […]