This coming spring will mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The past year
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The wreck of an early nineteenth-century merchant vessel was found in 2015 during excavations for condominium towers near Bathurst
Emily was well schooled in the feminine skills essential in her milieu: sewing and embroidery, piano, French, drawing and
The Old Toronto Observatory, 1852, a watercolour by William Armstrong, shows the original military compound in “The University Park”.
Sometime in 1852 or early 1853, Captain John Henry Lefroy of the Royal Artillery met with the artist George
eaders of The Fife and Drum have already seen the art of Greg Legge in the excerpt of my
This is the beginning of the letter that confirms – and tries to explain – the capture of York
We are gathered today to experience, explore and discuss how African-Canadian communities continue to survive and thrive in Canada’s
A small merchant schooner of the 1830s on the Great Lakes clears heavy weather slightly the worse for wear.
From Not For Themselves But For Their Country: A History of The Lincoln and Welland Regiment, to be published
Conserving national history for future generations is an important responsibility that requires a thorough understanding of the historic materials
This article will outline British and Canadian strategy, developed in the decade following the War of 1812, to deter
St. John the Evangelist Church was for many years an important spiritual and military establishment in Toronto. First established
The earliest view of the capital of Upper Canada following the War of 1812 is Robert Irvine’s grand oil
A well known American series of facsimile reprints has recently joined the stock of our enterprising canteen. Based in
On a cold Saturday in February, food lovers converged on Fort York to explore how different peoples in times
ell, the short answer is: “No one in their right mind.” At least, not any longer. This class of
There are places in Toronto where the snowflakes pile up into drifts. Massey College on the University of Toronto
Public Work, one of Toronto’s leading firms in urban design and landscape projects: Lower Garrison Creek Park, the Bentway,
Alexander Macdonell (1762-1840), the first Catholic bishop of Upper Canada, spent most of his long life fighting for his
Aristotle believed that mimesis was far more than the mere copying of nature or art, but the innate desire
‘Invictus’ is the Latin word for ‘unconquered’ or Prince ‘undefeated’. the Blue competition. The Newsletter of The Friends of
We should begin with the question, what’s an ‘orderly book’? An ‘orderly book,’ more accurately a Regimental Order Book,
The inquiry that led to the image on the cover of July’s The Fife and Drum began with a
To mark the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation this year, the editors invited one of the guard who marched
The first Fort York, built by John Graves Simcoe in 1793, had mostly been demolished by the end of
While the Dictionary of Canadian Biography described Thomas J. Sutherland (1801-1852) as a “Patriot filibuster and author” http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/sutherland_thomas_jefferson_8E.html, his
From 1794 until 1863 today’s Victoria Memorial Square, just east of Fort York, was the cemetery for the garrison.
