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EDUCATION
The Education Committee of the Hamilton Branch UELAC reaches out to the members of the Branch, the schools of the Hamilton-Wentworth and Halton Regions and to the community at large. As such, it provides UEL speakers for Service Clubs and Community Organizations, visits to classrooms and teacher groups, and distributes the UELAC Teacher's Resource to education centres.For further information, please contact Fred H. Hayward UE at fhhayward@idirect.com.
THE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALIST MONUMENT
On Wednesday May 23rd, 1929, Empire Day, the unveiling of the United Empire Loyalist Monument was a generous gift presented to the city by Mr. Stanley Mills. The Monument was designed and executed by Mr. Sydney March of Farnborough, Kent County, England and stands in front of the Court House in Prince's Square, Main Street East, Hamilton, Ontario. The Monument was reunveiled on Wednesday June 25, 1958 when the new Hamilton and Wentworth Co. Courthouse was built. His Excellency Governor General Vincent Massey spoke and unveiled the monument. Click here to read the dedication panel on the monument.
DUNDURN CASTLE GROUNDS RESTORATION
Dundurn Castle, the home of Sir Allan McNab, originally the second home of Richard Beasley. This beautiful building has been restored and under the leadership of one of the past Presidents of the Branch, Lillian Lomas, it was recommended that the Branch restore the grounds around the Cockpit in 1996 by means of a donation made by the Hamilton Branch.(click on image to see a larger photo of the plaque)
THE LOYALIST ROSE
The Hamilton Branch is responsible for the ongoing cultivation of the Loyalist Rose at the Royal Botanical Gardens. This antique rose, identified as "Maiden's Blush" of the Rosa Alba family, is illustrated in many Renaissance paintings, notably Botticelli's "Birth of Venus". It was taken to England from Damascus during the Crusades. In 1773, John Cameron of Clunes and Mary Cameron of Glen Nevis brought it with them when they emigrated to Sir William Johnson's estates in the Mohawk Valley of Western New York. In 1776, John joined the King's Royal Regiment of New York. After the Revolution, the family took a root with them on the 230-mile trek over the Appalachians to the Cornwall area. It was a treasured possession, vital to their survival; from its flowers, stalks, leaves and hips, they could make medicines, tea and many delicacies. It grows today in the Ottawa Valley in the gardens of the descendants of John and Mary Cameron. Two hundred years later in 1976, Ethel MacLeod, a descendant, registered "The Loyalist Rose" with the International Registration Authority for Roses. She donated it to The United Empire Loyalists' of Canada to mark the Bi-centennial for the American Revolution and the coming of the Loyalists to Canada. It is a double, very fragrant pale pink rose fading almost to white, bushy, densely branched blooming well in June.(Photo by Margaret Taylor, Simcoe Branch)
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