Events & Dates
Special Dates of Note
Up-Coming Meetings & Events for Kawartha Branch:
Plaque Unveiling & Commemorative Service: June 15, 2025
The unveiling of the marker plaques for the donated tree in the UEL Heritage Centre and Park will take place on Sunday June 15, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. in the UEL Cemetery in Adolphustown, as part of our annual Flag Raising Event, if you are able to attend.
In addition, there will be a landing re-enactment at 11:00 a.m. at the beach area before the afternoon events.
Flag-Raising Ceremony, June 19, 2025
Kawartha Branch Flag Raising Ceremony, Peterborough City Hall, Thursday, 19 June, 10:00 a.m.
We are very pleased to continue to raise the Queen Anne Flag (Loyalist Flag) on this special day.
We will be accompanied by dignitaries from Peterborough County, City Hall and the Chief of Peterborough Police as well as re-enactor Claus Reuter, from Lindsay, Brandon McDermott UE, piper, Harry Danford UE (see below), and others.
As a Member of Provincial Parliament, Harry Danford, Member of Provincial Parliament for Hastings, Peterborough had 19 June declared United Empire Loyalist Day that we've continued to celebrate ever since.
Mr. Harry Danford, Member of Provincial Parliament for Hastings Peterborough, himself of Loyalist ancestry, in cooperation with the United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada, developed a Private Member's Bill to declare June 19th , the anniversary of the Constitutional Act, "United Empire Loyalist Day" in the province of Ontario. Mr. Danford's Bill was given Royal Assent and passed into law in December, 1997 with unanimous, all-party support in the Legislature. June 19th is now an official day formally established by the Ontario Government to commemorate and celebrate our Loyalist heritage.
In the Spring of 2002, the Mayor of Peterborough, Sylvia Sutherland, met with Members of Kawartha Branch and, as a result, Council passed a motion to declare 19 June Loyalists Day in Peterborough, the flag to be raised and flown on the flag pole for the ensuing week.
A delegation consisting of Stan McBride UE, Joan Lucas UE, Grietje McBride UE and myself visited Mayor Sylvia Sutherland of the City of Peterborough in her Chambers to request that City Council pass a by-law ensuring a flag-raising ceremony be conducted annually at City Hall on Loyalists' Day, June 19th, and that the Loyalists' Union Flag continue to fly at City Hall for the ensuing week. I am very pleased to report that City Council, in a Committee of the Whole meeting of 11 February 2002, passed a motion ensuring these events will take place on an annual basis here in Peterborough.
Refreshments will be served following the Flag Raising Ceremony.
Wild Irish Geese, World Premiere
Wild Irish Geese, written by Megan Murphy, directed by Kim Blackwell.
July 29 - August 30, Tuesday to Saturday at 6 pm. Previews: July 29, 30. Opening Night: Thursday, July 31. With an added Monday performance on August 25.
Wild Irish Geese is the story of Irish settlers and their journey to the Peterborough region. Peter Robinson was the architect of an 1820s emigration plan which saw thousands of Irish families come to Canada to escape the brutal poverty that they were facing in Ireland. Eventually over 2,000 impoverished Irish settled in Scott's Plains, later renamed Peterborough and began their lives anew. These new Canadians planted deep roots in the Peterborough area and have thousands of descendants both locally and across the globe.
Kawartha Branch UELAC Members will recall that we had Kim Blackwell visit us at Kelsey's Restaurant earlier this year.
If you are interested in attending with Grietje & Bob McBride as well as Joan & Frank Lucas, please let us know as soon as possible.
Preview nights: Tuesday, July 29 and Wednesday, July 30.
Performance time: 6:00 p.m. ET
Cost: $38 + tax and fees
We can be reached by email at uelbob@nexicom.net / maplegrm@gmail.com
Or phone us at: 705-295-4556 / 705-977-2752
We normally meet earlier at Swiss Chalet in Peterborough at 4:00 p.m. for a meal before going to The Fourth Line Theatre.
Preview tickets will go quickly so the sooner you let us know, the sooner we can buy the tickets at this reduced rate. Normally they are $52.00 each.