Our annual autumn banquet, known as “charter night” in recognition of our UELAC branch charter, took place in Ingleside on October 5, 2019. We were blessed with a delicious roast beef dinner, and plenty of scrumptious home-made desserts, all prepared by the ladies of St. Matthew’s Presbyterian Church, our hosts for the evening.

The speaker was UELAC St. Lawrence Branch executive member Stuart Manson. Supported by a slick PowerPoint presentation, he spoke about “Loyalist Cemeteries in Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry.” Stuart also gave a brief overview of the content and organization of our branch website, which he manages.

An important part of the meeting was the presentation of U.E. certificates to those who have successfully proven their descent from a Loyalist (pictured below). In 1789, Governor Guy Carleton (Lord Dorchester) proclaimed that descendants of Loyalists, male or female, were entitled to use the post-nominal initials “U.E.” as a symbol of their families’ “great principle, the Unity of the Empire.”

Don’t forget that we have one more event in 2019: A public meeting at the Cornwall Community Museum on Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 1:30 p.m.