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Thursday, June 2, 2016

DAY ONE- THE POWDERKEG- Fenianism, Confederation, and Neutrality
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                                                    CONFERENCE SCHEDULE- DAY ONE
8:00 AM-8:45:                  Check in, Late Registration, Coffee                                LOBBY, CLARION HOTEL
9:00 AM-9:45                   WELCOME                                                                               BANQUET HALL, CLARION HOTEL
                                           Dignitaries and Speakers entrance            Peter Cotton, Fort Erie Piper
                                           ANTHEMS (all countries)                                LEGION BAND
                                           Chairman's remarks and introduction to Dignitaries
                                           Lieutenant Governor's Welcome:
Her Excellency Elizabeth Dowdeswell
                                           
Mayor's Remarks: Wayne Redekop
                                           Irish Ambassador's remarks:
Dr. Ray Bassett
                                          
Senator's remarks:
Senator Tim Kennedy, New York

9:45 AM-10:15                
Living Tableau by Ridgeway-Crystal Beach H.S. Actors in Period Dress: One Day in History
10:15 AM-10:30                Introduction by the Master of Ceremony- Eleanor McGrath

            
10:30 AM- 11:15            THE MARK DEFRIES KEYNOTE ADDRESS
                                         
 Dr. David Doolin (Ireland)- Transnational Revolutionaries: The Fenian Invasion
                                                                                             of Canada 1866
                                          
11:15 AM- 12:15 PM     FENIANISM, CIVIL WAR AND CONFEDERATION
                                       

                                        William Jenkins (Canada)-  The Fenian Views of Confederation
                                        John Boyko (Canada) -  Canadians in the Civil War and after; The period of 1860-1866; The
                                                                                    threats to Canada
                                        James Laxer (Canada)-  Staking Claims to a Continent- 3 North American Leaders and their
                                                                                     High Stakes Political Game prior to Confederation
                                            

12:15 PM- 1:00                                              Luncheon Buffet

1:00 PM- 1:45                 KEYNOTE- The Hugh Matheson Address
                                          Bryan McGovern & Patrick Steward
                                         
The Fenians: Irish Rebellion in the North Atlantic World

1:45 PM- 2:30                  THE CHRISTOPHER ALDERSON KEYNOTE ADDRESS
                                           Prof. David A. Wilson, author of the two volume
"Thomas D'Arcy McGee"
                                           Intelligence, Counter-Intelligence, and The Fenian Invasion


2:30 PM- 2:45                                                       Coffee Break

2:45 PM- 4:00                 BREAKOUT SESSIONS & SPECIALIST PRESENTATIONS   MEETING ROOMS, CLARION
                                          1. Tim Bohen- Buffalo's First Ward- a Hotbed of Fenianism
                                          2. Dr. Michael Quigley- Fenianism in Canada West- truth or dare- SW Ontario defends
                                          3. Dr. Tim Madigan- The Fenian Raids in Popular Culture
                                          4. Dr. James Tyler Robertson- Protestants and the Fenian Raids
                                          5. Dr. Patrick McDevitt- Neutrality/The Irish Vote
                                          6. Dr. John McLean- The Transatlantic Nature of Fenianism
                                          7. Peter Vronsky- Conspiracy Theory: The Fenian Invasion of Canada 1866 and the
                                                                              Hidden History of Anglo-American Rapprochement

4:00 PM- 5:00                  OPEN FORUM WITH PRESENTERS. BOOK SALES & SIGNING

                                          
MUSICAL EVENING AT THE CLARION
                                              FROM IRELAND
            DEREK WARFIELD AND THE YOUNG WOLFE TONES

                                          
                                                                          





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