BRANT HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS: the “Moccasin Trail” initiative. Carolyn King of the Mississaugas of the New Credit will describe this inspiring project on Wednesday, January 27 at 7:00 p.m. at the Brant Museum & Archives, 57 Charlotte St., Brantford; 519-752-2483. Free admission. Refreshments. . <img class="size-medium wp-image-1896 aligncenter"
Marsha Skrypuch's novel, Dance of the Banished, is based on true Brantford events. The idea for Dance of the Banished sprouted seven years ago when Brantford historians Wayne Hunter and William Darfler showed Marsha a stack of local newspaper clippings recounting a series of events from the fall of 1914. One hundred foreign workers... Read more »
Zig Misiak, a local historian and award winning author, will present his research of Toni Gretzky’s, the father of Walter and grandfather of Wayne, activities during World War I. Zig’s family lived less than one hundred kilometres from the Gretzky family in what would become Poland following the war. Walter will be present to share... Read more »