Loyalist Day Banquet
with Special Guest Speaker Barry MacKenzie

May 18th (6:30 pm)

The New Brunswick Branch invites its membership and the public at-large to its annual Loyalist Day Banquet, May 18th at the Union Club, 125 Germain Street in Saint John. The Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, Jocelyne Roy Vienneau will be in attendance. Cocktails will be served at 6:30 pm with punch courtesy of the Association. A three-course dinner begins at 7:00 pm: salad, chicken with white wine sauce and a medley of vegetables, and chocolate cheesecake with a vanilla chantilly cream round out the menu. Tickets are $40 each and can be reserved by calling Jim McKenzie at 506-832-5334.

Our guest speaker for the occasion is Barry MacKenzie of the Monarchist League of Canada, who will deliver a talk titled "Expressions of Loyalty: The Royal Family in the Loyalist Province, 1794-2012." MacKenzie will discuss the long history of royal tours in the province beginning in the 1790s, when Edward, Duke of Kent, worked among and was entertained by the Loyalist founders of the province, and working all the way up to the latest visit, by another son of a sovereign, Charles, Prince of Wales.

And of course, as per our earlier bulletin, we would like remind our members and friends to come celebrate the arrival of the Loyalist refugees in Saint John at this year's Loyalist Day ceremony in the Market Square Atrium.  St. Mary's Band will deliver a concert at 10:15 am, followed by remarks from both provincial and municipal dignitaries and the reading of the Loyalist Day proclamation. Members of our branch will be present in period dress, and Saint John's official birthday cake will be cut and shared with those in attendance following the ceremony. At 12:00 noon the guns of the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (The Loyal Company) will fire their customary 21-gun salute and the New Brunswick Museum will also be open free of admission courtesy of International Museums Day.

For more information on the festivities in Market Square, please call 632-3485.