Re-enactors and volunteers from the Backus Page House played host to visitors on Saturday and Sunday (May 26 & 27) to bring to life the sights, sounds and smells of the early 1800s. It was 1812 and the farmers of the Talbot Settlement were being recruited to fight for the British against the Americans. Mark Girdauskas (photos by MG) caught the action Sunday – check out photos in the top three collages and slideshow. Below that are some shots by Relish Elgin taken Saturday.
Above: bottom left, Patrick Mooney.
Above: Top right, Barb Summers, Janice Ellis, John Skakel and Amy Shaw; mid-right, Mike Rowe: bottom left, Kim Lundberg; top left, members of HMS Pandora Crew, Norm Carsons, Bill Kovacs & Loreen Webb of the Royal Marine Group. The Pandora is a 22 foot long boat
Above: Re-enactors Raiffe Sculthorp ("Militia") and Mike Danaher ("British Indian Dept").
Above: Bottom left, Mike Robertson, Urb Buwalda & Craig Robertson of Royal navy Group from Strathroy.
Above: Top right, Carol Mooney has just taken Irish Soda Bread from the wood stove; top middle, Stacie Littlejohn works on a hooked rug called a "hit and miss" as it is made from odds and ends left over from other projects.
Find out more about the Backus Page House and other events this summer at www.backuspagehouse.ca. There's also more about the War of 1812 in Elgin County in the latest edition of Relish Elgin.
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