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.
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Saturday, March 24, 2012Come at 11:30 am for 12:00 noon sandwich and cookie lunch -- $3.50 for those not bringing contributions. Time before the meeting to browse the library as well.Those unable to join us for lunch should arrive around 1:00 pm for the meeting proper. Guest speaker will be Dr. W. Bruce Antliff, retired Royal Military College professor, and author of Loyalist settlements, 1783-1789: new evidence of Canadian Loyalist claims (1985). Dr. Antliff will speak on "The Loyalist Claims Commissions", also known as the Commission for Claims and Losses -- the source of much documentation on our Loyalist ancestors. Visitors are always welcome. |
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St. Paul's Anglican Church, Queen and Montreal Streets, Kingston |
The following is a list of Kingston Branch annual events:
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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 2011 Kingston Historica Fair was held May 12-13 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 |
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June 12: We raise the Loyalist flag across from City Hall each year in commemoration of Loyalist Day in Kingston. Meet just before noon at the flagpole in Confederation Park. | |||
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June 12, 2011: Annual Loyalist Commemorative Service at St. Albans Church, Adolphustown, Ontario, at 2 p.m. The service will commemorate the 227th anniversary of the landing of the Loyalists at Adolphustown on June the 16th, 1784. The 2011 service will be Sung Evensong, using the 1662 Book of Common Prayer that would have been used by the Loyalists. A Loyalist Tea will follow the service. | |||
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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. | |||
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about June 19: 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 |
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