Meetings – 7:30 p.m. Unless otherwise noted, all meetings will be held at the St. Catharines Museum at Lock 3, 1932 Welland Canal Parkway, St. Catharines, Ontario. Free admission. Doors open at 7:00. Guests are welcome.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Part #1 – Speaker: Roger Bradshaw – A photographic reminder of the War of 1812 – a 25 minute visual created by Roger that captures Niagara’s involvement in the War.
Part #2 – Speaker: Des Corran – A long time member who has been involved in military re-enactments for many years will give a 25 minute presentation on re-enactments and display some interesting items he uses to do so, along with an update of what will be taking place at the upcoming Queenston Heights event.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Speaker: Mike Conley – “The History Behind the Picture” featuring some of his most historic photos taken during his 28 years as a local newspaper photographer. The photos just didn’t happen and Mike will explain some of the activity involved in “getting the right shot”!
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Show and Tell: Theme – bring your oldest photograph of St. Catharines (place, person or event), your oldest book or artifact. Members will be given up to 5 minutes to present their item. Christmas Social to follow.
Thursday, January 24, 2013 – at BME Salem Chapel – doors open at 7:00 p.m.
In recognition of Black History month, the Society has partnered with the BME Church, Salem Chapel to present a special program in Commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the death of Harriet Tubman. (Harriet died on March 10, 1913 in Auburn, New York)
We are pleased that our guest speaker will be Dr. Kate Larson, from Boston, Mass., pre-eminent researcher and author on Harriet Tubman.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Speaker: David Hemmings – “Grantham Township area known as McNab” – A somewhat forgotten area of Niagara, David is undertaking an extensive search for all things McNab. If you have any historical photos, etc., David would love to have a copy.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Speaker: Brian Narhi – War of 1812 in Literature
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Annual Meeting. Speaker to be announced.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Nancy Cameron will present an illustrated talk titled “Downtown’s Historic Gardens (and Noted Gardeners)”
Thursday, June 27, 2013 – at the Downtown Library at 7:30 p.m. – doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Dennis Gannon and Brian Narhi will present an illustrated History of the Downtown MarketFor further information on Society gatherings, click on “Special Events”. Check back often for future presentations.
* Note: the St. Catharines Museum will generously open its traveling exhibit gallery for viewing a half hour before each meeting at no cost to the Society.
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