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7:00 - 8:30 Merchants and Display Groups Set up
 
8:30 - 9:30 Merchants and Registration Open
 
9:30 - 10:15 Workshop 1

Presenter
Workshop
Location
Robert Henderson
"You Can't Handle the Truth: Crime Punishment and the British Soldier in the War of 1812"
 
TBA
Denise Ward
"Nineteenth Century Mourning Practices"
 
TBA
Rob Norton
"Roman Technology"
 
TBA
Jen Papak and Melissa Vuk
"Typical 1800's Fare for the Gentleman and the Common Man"
 
TBA
Janice Waterworth
"Sheep to Yarn: Spinning with a Handspindle"
***NOW FULL***
 
TBA

10:30 - 11:15 Workshop 2

Presenter
Workshop
Location
Tom Fournier
"The POW Experience of the British Prisoners after Moraviantown"
 
TBA
Michael McAllister
"A Very Pretty Object: The Socially Constructed Landscape of Burlington Heights, 1790-1815"
 
TBA
Sheila Johnson
"Historic Unmentionables: The Evolution of Women's Undergarments is the Victorian Age"
 
TBA
Glendon Hovey
"Building a Better Impression: Simulating Wear and Distress on your Re-enactment Clothing"
 
TBA
Lynne Stott
"Quilting with Lynne Stott 'A'"
 
TBA

11:30 - 12:30 Keynote Speaker, Ryan Gale
 
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
 
1:30 - 2:30 Bicentennial Open Forum
 
2:30 - 3:15 Workshop 3

Presenter
Workshop
Location
Peter Twist and Robert Henderson
"Woolen War Paint: the Uniform of the British Infantryman in the War of 1812"
 
TBA
Jeff Brown
"From Dream to Reality: the Development and Implementation of an Education Day Program"
 
TBA
Chris Carter
"Bog Iron"
 
TBA
Jim Gilbert
"Toys Have Always Been with Us: Eighteenth Century Toys and Games"
 
TBA
Lynne Stott
"Quilting with Lynne Stott 'B'"
 
TBA

3:30 - 4:15 Workshop 4

Presenter
Workshop
Location
Sue Spencer
"Hand Stitching for Period Construction and Finishing"
*** NOW FULL ***
 
TBA
Ross Flowers
"Musical Warriors: Musicians of the British Army"
 
TBA
Greg Stott
"Illuminating Dark Corners: Uncovering the Records of Upper Canada"
 
TBA
Ray Hobbs
"George Ferguson's War"
 
TBA
Pauline Grondin
"Lucy Patrick: An Early Settler to London Tells her Story"
 
TBA

4:30 - Merchants and Display Booths Close
 
5:00 Pub Social