CONFERENCE- DAY TWO
Friday June 3rd, 2016 THE BORDER EXPLODES: THE BATTLE OF RIDGEWAY/FORT ERIE JUNE 2, 1866
8:00 AM- 8:45 Check in, Late Registration, Coffee
9:00 AM- 9:15 Welcome Speakers Piped In BANQUET HALL, CLARION HOTEL
9:15 AM- 10:00 KEYNOTE- The Malcolm McEachern Address
Prof. Peter Vronsky -The American Fenian Invasion and the
Battle That Made Canada
10:00 AM- 11:30 THE CANADIAN MILITARY PRESENCE
Brian Reid- Three Days in June: An Alternate History
Bob Dunk- The Queen's Own Rifles and the Ridgeway 9- The Trumpets Sound
Captain Tim Fletcher- The Riley's- Hamilton's 13th Militia and Colonel Booker
11:30 PM- 12:30 PANEL PRESENTATION- THE FENIAN ARMY -The Benedict Maryniak Memorial
Dr. Tim Madigan- Moderator
Wilf Neidhardt- Fenians: Minor Nuisance or Real Threat
Derek Warfield- Colonel John O'Neill- The Man and the Warrior
William McKone- Fenian Symbols
12:30 PM- 1:30 Luncheon Buffet
1:30 PM- 2:00 KEYNOTE- The William Smith Address
Barry Kennerk (Ireland)
Medical Treatment Afforded to Casualties During The Battle of Ridgeway
2:00 PM- 2:15 Coffee Break
2:15 PM- 4:00 BREAKOUT-SPECIALIST PRESENTATIONS MEETING ROOMS, CLARION
1. Ed Wandall, After Ridgeway: A Second Invasion; the building of the Fenian
Ram submarine
2. Peter Vronsky,- Guided Tour of The Ridgeway Battlefield
3. Jane Davies, Jude Scott and Anya Baker- Artifacts From The Fort Erie Historical
Museum
Room: Bridgeburg A
4. June Chipp: The Battle in Fort Erie
5. Lt. Col. Bernard Nehring- Ordinance Used in the Battle- Civil War Strategies and
Canadian Realities
4:00 PM- 5:00 OPEN FORUM WITH PRESENTERS/ BOOK SIGNING
7:00-9:00 PM LITERARY EVENT with MUSICAL INTERLUDES
GUY VANDERHAEGHE in conversation with DOUGLAS GIBSON
"(Vanderhaeghe is) the best all-round novelist at work in Canada today "A Good Man" is the kind of impeccably crafted, Dickensian charmer we have come to expect from Vanderhaeghe...A towering achievement worthy of celebration as loud as our humble voices can declare." - "The Globe and Mail"
Douglas Gibson is 'Canada's Publisher' and author of "Stories about Storytellers". A publisher and gifted editor for over 40 years he published Alice Munro, Alistair MacLeod, Pierre Trudeau, Robertson Davies and so many gifted authors including Guy Vanderhaeghe!
TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT $20.00 IN ADVANCE OR $25.00 AT THE DOOR
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED
MAKE CHEQUES PAYABLE TO: RIDGEWAY READS LITERARY SOCIETY
SEND TO: RIDGEWAY READS LITERARY SOCIETY, BOX 1200, RIDGEWAY, ONTARIO L0S 1N0
PLEASE ENCLOSE A STAMPED, SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE
This website will be continuously updated as new information becomes available.
Friday June 3rd, 2016 THE BORDER EXPLODES: THE BATTLE OF RIDGEWAY/FORT ERIE JUNE 2, 1866
8:00 AM- 8:45 Check in, Late Registration, Coffee
9:00 AM- 9:15 Welcome Speakers Piped In BANQUET HALL, CLARION HOTEL
9:15 AM- 10:00 KEYNOTE- The Malcolm McEachern Address
Prof. Peter Vronsky -The American Fenian Invasion and the
Battle That Made Canada
10:00 AM- 11:30 THE CANADIAN MILITARY PRESENCE
Brian Reid- Three Days in June: An Alternate History
Bob Dunk- The Queen's Own Rifles and the Ridgeway 9- The Trumpets Sound
Captain Tim Fletcher- The Riley's- Hamilton's 13th Militia and Colonel Booker
11:30 PM- 12:30 PANEL PRESENTATION- THE FENIAN ARMY -The Benedict Maryniak Memorial
Dr. Tim Madigan- Moderator
Wilf Neidhardt- Fenians: Minor Nuisance or Real Threat
Derek Warfield- Colonel John O'Neill- The Man and the Warrior
William McKone- Fenian Symbols
12:30 PM- 1:30 Luncheon Buffet
1:30 PM- 2:00 KEYNOTE- The William Smith Address
Barry Kennerk (Ireland)
Medical Treatment Afforded to Casualties During The Battle of Ridgeway
2:00 PM- 2:15 Coffee Break
2:15 PM- 4:00 BREAKOUT-SPECIALIST PRESENTATIONS MEETING ROOMS, CLARION
1. Ed Wandall, After Ridgeway: A Second Invasion; the building of the Fenian
Ram submarine
2. Peter Vronsky,- Guided Tour of The Ridgeway Battlefield
3. Jane Davies, Jude Scott and Anya Baker- Artifacts From The Fort Erie Historical
Museum
Room: Bridgeburg A
4. June Chipp: The Battle in Fort Erie
5. Lt. Col. Bernard Nehring- Ordinance Used in the Battle- Civil War Strategies and
Canadian Realities
4:00 PM- 5:00 OPEN FORUM WITH PRESENTERS/ BOOK SIGNING
7:00-9:00 PM LITERARY EVENT with MUSICAL INTERLUDES
GUY VANDERHAEGHE in conversation with DOUGLAS GIBSON
"(Vanderhaeghe is) the best all-round novelist at work in Canada today "A Good Man" is the kind of impeccably crafted, Dickensian charmer we have come to expect from Vanderhaeghe...A towering achievement worthy of celebration as loud as our humble voices can declare." - "The Globe and Mail"
Douglas Gibson is 'Canada's Publisher' and author of "Stories about Storytellers". A publisher and gifted editor for over 40 years he published Alice Munro, Alistair MacLeod, Pierre Trudeau, Robertson Davies and so many gifted authors including Guy Vanderhaeghe!
TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT $20.00 IN ADVANCE OR $25.00 AT THE DOOR
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED
MAKE CHEQUES PAYABLE TO: RIDGEWAY READS LITERARY SOCIETY
SEND TO: RIDGEWAY READS LITERARY SOCIETY, BOX 1200, RIDGEWAY, ONTARIO L0S 1N0
PLEASE ENCLOSE A STAMPED, SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE
This website will be continuously updated as new information becomes available.
