The Lennox and Addington Historical Society, 1907-2010

One Hundred and Three Years of Entertaining and Educating through Local History.

Lennox & Addington Historical Society Luncheon
Special Guest: Mary Cook, author and broadcaster

Sunday, October 24th, 2010 - Donald Gordon Centre, Kingston.
See below.

EVENTS, 2010

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Debora Simpson Thibault "Gibbard's of Napanee"
Special book on Gibbard's due out by 2011.

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

Ann Jarvis Boa, of Montreal "The Jarvis Family in Napanee"
At Macpherson House, where the Jarvis family once lived!

Saturday, September 18th, 2010, 2:00 pm

Charles Beale and friends presenting on, "Artist Manly Macdonald"
At Macpherson House, Elizabeth Street, Napanee
All Welcome! 613-354-5982 or e-mail enquiry to
machouse@kingston.net

Sunday, October 24th, 2010,
doors open 12:30 pm,
lunch 1:00 pm sharp

"ANOTHER PLACE, ANOTHER TIME"

Author and Broadcaster, MARY COOK

Luncheon at Donald Gordon Centre, Kingston
Tickets $50.00 available in Napanee at the Lennox
and Addington County Museum 613-354-3027
or e-mail enquiry to
Programme Co-Ordinator

Sunday, November 7th, 2010

WHISKEY TASTING (21st Annual) Allan Macpherson House
Tickets, telephone 613-354-5982 or e-mail enquiry to machouse@kingston.net

Monday, November 29th through
Friday, December 3rd, 2010

CHRISTMAS AT THE LAIRD'S Allan Macpherson House
Telephone 613-354-5982 or e-mail enquiry to machouse@kingston.net

Sample from our 2009 Calendar

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

VALENTINE'S GALA TO RAISE FUNDS FOR MACPHERSON HOUSE

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Alexander Gabov, Conservateur
"Sir John A's Nose. The politics of monument preservation in a cold climate."

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

Paul Banfield, Queen's University Archivist
"All the Things You Wanted to Know about Queen's Archives, but Were Afraid to Ask!"

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

OPEN HOUSE MACPHERSON HOUSE
Andrew Macdonald

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Janice Sutton at Macpherson House. Music, music, music!

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

Bus Tour of Amherst Island, by Allan Macpherson House

Saturday, September 12th, 2009.
Luncheon.

Ann Jarvis Boa, Napanee at the Turn of the Last Century
Joint meeting with St. Mary Magdalene's Anglican Church

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

C.W. "Bill" Hunt, 'Dancing in the Sky'

Friday, December 11th, 2009

CANDLELIGHT TOUR
Allan Macpherson House

Sample from our 2008 Calendar

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

The Murder of Henry Traill The first correctional services office in Canada to die in the course of duty.
Speaker: David St. Onge, Penitentiary Museum, Kingston

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

"From the British Isles to Upper Canada"
The emigrant experience ...joys, sorrows and new beginnings.
Speaker: Dr. Jane Errington, Royal Military College, Kingston

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Heritage Gardening Speaker: Darcy Lloyd, Heritage Seed and Produce, Westport

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Riverside Cemetery Guide: Charles Gordon
Featuring the Mayors of Napanee

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

"D-Day Remembered" Speaker: Celebrated Canadian author, Ted Barris
A talk in memory of the late Wes Alkenbrack.

Sample from our 2007 Calendar

Thursday, February 22, 2007

LENNOX AND ADDINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Jennifer Bunting spoke on, "The McCabes, the Militia and the Little Brown Mare."

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Roger Lidwiller spoke on, "The Corvette Napanee"
The feisty Canadian corvette corps and the Battle for the North Atlantic.

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Frank B. Edwards spoke on,"A House Worthy of God: St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Napanee"

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

"A VICTORIAN TEA" to celebrate our 100th anniversary (at Macpherson House).

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Andrew McDonald spoke on, "The New Amherst Island Project"

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Jane Scott spoke on, "Cheese Factories of Lennox and Addington"

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Marcus Letourneau spoke on, "The Role of a Municipal Heritage Planner"

Sample from our 2006 Calendar

February 23, 2006

"Treasures Among the 2005 Accessions"
Speaker: Musem staff.

March 23, 2006

"Napanee Riverside Cemetery" (A researcher's perspective.)
Speaker: Charles Gordon.

April 27, 2006

"The Salmon River". (In music and pictures.)
Speaker: Stephen Medd.

May 25, 2006

"News from Amherst Island" (The rebirth of an interest in history.)
Speaker: Alan Kidd

September 28, 2006

"Daniel Daverne -- Victim or Scoundrel?" (A story from old Adolphustown.)
Speaker: Clark Theobald and friends from Perth, Ontario.

September 28, 2006

"When I Was a Lad..." (A Tamworth boyhood remembered.)
Speaker: Murray Miller, spoke on Tamworth in the '30's.

October 21, 2006

Patricia Phenix, spoke on the turbulent personal life of
SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD.
The troubled man who was Canada's first Prime Minister.

November 23, 2006

"A Century of Sweeping -- Curling at Napanee
Joint meeting with Napanee Curling Club and friends.
Christmas Reception
Fellowship and a delicious buffet at The Allan Macpherson House.

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