This special re-enactment in Adolphustown U.E. Loyalist Park at the very site where U.E. Loyalists landed will precede the fourth annual celebration of 'United Empire Loyalists' Day' in the Province of Ontario on Tuesday, June 19th.
The program will include:
A significant history and genealogy exhibitors' booth area on the south lawn of the Loyalist Cultural Centre and Museum will feature:
Food and refreshment will be provided all day by local vendors.
The admission/parking fee for the day is $5 per carload; it includes entrance to the Loyalist Cultural Centre and Museum. Camping is extra, with electrical hook-up and tenting spaces still available (go to our Park web page for camping info).
Details
The exhibition booth area will be open at 10 a.m. and the Landing Re-enactment festivities will be underway at 12 noon. [If you wish to host a booth, please contact Brian Tackaberry, UE booth chair.]
As in past years, there will be some organized Loyalist family gatherings. If you want to publicize your own on-site Loyalist family reunion, please contact Brandt Zatterberg, UE Branch Genealogist. Family members from Canada and the U.S. are invited to come and meet their cousins..
Ontario provincial plaque at
Adolphustown UEL Park at
spot where the Loyalists landed.
(click on this image to read plaque)
Map of the Bay of Quinte area. Belleville and Deseronto are in Hastings County, Picton is in Prince Edward County, Napanee and Adolphustown are in Lennox and Addington County, and Kingston is in Frontenac County. Contact our webmaster by email for instructions on how to drive to the June 16th Landing (from wherever you live) and for information on local bed 'n' breakfasts and other local places to stay.
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