This time of year often brings to mind thoughts of excursions to cottage country, which is far from a new phenomenon. For generations, people who have had the means have looked to “escape” the urban city for relaxation and vacation. Tourist camps and cottages in Haliburton, Muskoka and countless other areas ebbed and flowed with…
On June 10, 2022 Heritage Mississauga was onsite at the unveiling of the new interpretive plaque in Port Credit dedicated to Joyce May Firman, the first female letter carrier in Ontario and the first long-term female letter carrier in Canada. This week on Ask A Historian, Matthew Wilkinson looks at the significant contributions Joyce Firman…
Heritage Mississauga has undertaken several interpretive panel projects throughout the City of Mississauga. The panels began as comprehensive special research projects which documented the history of a specific part of Mississauga’s heritage. In our series “Interpreting Heritage”, we will be looking at the various panels throughout Mississauga. Today we invite you to explore our “The…
DYK In the 1920’s, Madame Anna Guérin was determined to have an international promotion of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance and a means of fundraising? Inspired by American humanitarian and academic Moina Michael and her poem “We Shall Keep the Faith,” in which she vows to wear the poppy to remember the war…
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