Branch Meetings & Events

Kingston Branch holds five meetings per year, in January, March, June, September, and November. Meetings are held on the third or fourth Saturday of the month at St. Paul's Anglican Church (corner of Queen & Montreal Streets in downtown Kingston, Ontario). Some parking is available in a small lot adjoining the church. The Springer Municipal Parking Lot is across Queen Street from the church.

Visitors are always welcome.

Saturday, October 2, 2010 PLEASE NOTE: This is a change from our usual date in September, due to location availability. Come browse the Library beginning at 12:00 noon, followed by a soup-and-sandwich lunch at 12:30 pm. For those not asked to bring a food contribution, cost is $3.00 for lunch. The meeting will begin around 1:30 p.m., with speaker Jo-Anne Lachapelle-Beyak, Curator of the MacLachlan Woodworking Museum. Whether or not you are familiar with the Museum, located at 2993 Highway 2 East (Grass Creek Park), you'll want to hear about and see the tools our Loyalist ancestors would have used in their first settlements.

St. Paul's Anglican Church, Queen and Montreal Streets, Kingston

The following is a list of Kingston Branch annual events:

	Early May: We mount a display table at the Regional Historica Fair where we present three $25.00 cheques and three books to students and invite them to either raise a Loyalist flag or bring their projects to our meetings. The 2010 Kingston Historica Fair will be held May 6-7 at McArthur Hall (Queen's University Faculty of Education), corner of Union Street and Sir John A. Macdonald Boulevard.	Barbara Carson and Philip Smart at 2009 Historica Fair	At the 2009 fair, at least two students selected our own Branch member John Matheson as the subject of their project, for his role as Father of the Canadian Flag. The gold medal for Grade 4-5 students went to Pierre Gilroy for his project on John. The project shown below was submitted by another student, the young lady shown with John in the central photo on her display.
	June 12: We raise the Loyalist flag across from City Hall each year in commemoration of  Loyalist Day in Kingston.
	June 13: Annual Loyalist Commemorative Service at St. Albans Church, Adolphustown, Ontario, at 2 p.m. The service will commemorate the 226th anniversary of the landing of the Loyalists at Adolphustown on June the 16th, 1784. The 2010 service will be Sung Evensong, with Rev. Joyce Blackburn and Fr. Bradley Smith, Chaplain of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal of the Mohawks officiating, with participation by the Mohawk Choir. Guest speaker will be Rev. Canon David Smith, Stewardship and Congregational Coordinator, Diocese of Ontario. A Loyalist Tea will follow the service.
	June 21: As close as possible to June 19th, we present a Loyalist flag to a different location each year for permanent display, in commemoration of Loyalist Day in Ontario. In 2009 we presented a flag to St. Paul's Anglican Church in Kingston. on Sunday, June 21st at the 10:30 a.m. service.		President Lin Good presents the Loyalist flag to Rev. David Ward of St. Paul's Anglican Church. photo by Carol Davy
	about June 19: Members from Kingston Branch lay a wreath and have a display at the Bay of Quinte Branch UELAC "Landings", an annual re-enactment of the original landing of the Loyalists at Adolphustown.