What
started as a one-day celebration back in 1924, has turned into a four-day
heritage event which will take place this weekend (Aug 31st to Sept
2nd) at the Buxton National Historic Site and Museum, Buxton, Ontario.
Organizers expect nearly 3,000 people will attend the events.
The
event starts on the Friday with a U.S./Canadian history and genealogy
conference at the museum. There will be three speakers and a panel of
students from York University.
Saturday
will feature a baseball tournament with the baseball teams in the form of a
family tree, and Sunday there will be an afternoon church service and an historical
re-enactments at the museum park grounds. There will also be a bronze marker that
will be unveiled in the Buxton cemetery to commemorate Eliza Parker.
Parker
was a historical figure with the Fugitive Slave Act
in the US before coming to Canada and settling in North Buxton in the
mid-1800s.
Then
there will be the North Buxton Parade on Monday, and a midway fairgrounds.
If you want to find out more about the event, you can go to http://www.buxtonmuseum.com
