Hamilton Branch.

Hamilton Branch's new President, Lloyd Oakes UE, has had a busy start to his term with an interesting trio of monthly meetings, featuring Bob Williamson on Isaac Brock; Fred H. Hayward UE, and Lori Mifsud UE speaking about their Loyalist ancestors, Samuel Embury and Jeremiah Anderson respectively; and then Robert McBride UE and his wife Grietje McBride UE portraying Robert's Loyalist ancestors Adam and Catherine Young.

Heritage Day displays were set up in Burlington and Hamilton and drew positive attention.

Gloria Oakes UE and Fred Hayward UE presented microfilm of the "Inspector Generals Loyalist Registers" to the Friends of the Loyalist Collection at Brock University.

The weather on Loyalist Day once again co-operated with lots of sun. Lynton Ronald "Red" Wilson was welcomed as the keynote speaker. He emphasized the importance of teaching history to one and all.

Hamilton Branch and Peter George, President of McMaster University, announced the establishment of a new annual scholarship to support archival research in Canadian History for the period 1750 to 1850. The ninetieth anniversary of UELAC and the seventy-fifth anniversary of the dedication of the United Empire Loyalist Monument in Prince's Square, Hamilton, were truly celebrated with such a gift ensuring further studies related to Loyalist Heritage.

Past President Fred H. Hayward UE and Rev. Dr. John A. Johnston, chair of the Joint Plaquing Sub-Committee of the City of Hamilton, unveiled a permanent plaque "dedicated to the Defenders of Upper Canada during the War of 1812, the United Empire Loyalists and the Six Nation Indians whose courage to uphold the Crown, God, and Country led to the beginning of a new Nation." Continuing the tradition, the City of Hamilton had again prepared the flowerbeds in front of the United Empire Loyalist Monument and around the new plaque with red geraniums, a nod to the work of the late Ruth Redmond of Lundy's Lane.

Doris Ann Lemon UE,

Education/Outreach

Chairperson