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Cornwall Heritage Fair 2021

18/1/2021

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Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Cornwall Heritage Fair will not be taking place this year, instead, Heritage Cornwall organized a five episode series with YourTV to provide participating groups with the opportunity to speak about their organizations. 

Orange Cornwall of Cornwall, Ontario took part in this five episode series set to begin on January 21st, 2021.   If Orange Archives is able to obtain a copy of Orange Cornwall's specific episode we will be sure to post it here.
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The Orange Order In WW1

10/11/2020

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During World War 1 the Orange Order left no doubt as to the Orders’ loyalty to King and Country.

The Orange Order had more members volunteer for military service in World War 1 than any other politico-religious organisation in the world.  It is estimated that more than 200,000 Orangemen saw service in World War 1 including 80,000 from Canada alone. It is estimated that 3 out of every 10 Canadian soldiers who enlisted were members of the Orange Order.

Many Orange Lodges never reopened after the war due to the very high number of Lodge members who were killed. In addition to Orangemen from Great Britain and Canada, Orangemen from the United States, Australia, New Zealand and several smaller countries volunteered their services for King and Country.

The first Australian killed in World War 1 was Able Seaman William George Vincent.  He was a member of Melbourne Loyal Orange Lodge No. 92. 

The sacrifice of Orangemen was great as was their bravery. The resolve of those young men may be seen in the dying words of Brother Private F. Holt, 4th Kings Liverpool Regiment, (a member of Loyal Orange Lodge No. 782 in England) fatally wounded at Neuve Chapelle on April 14th, 1915 who told his comrades "I have done my duty to my King and Country and I have not forgotten the Orange obligation I took in 782".

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Twelve Marks of an Orangeman

30/10/2020

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An Orangeman shall be:

1. A Professing Christian.  He follows the Golden Rule in all his personal and business affairs.
2. A Protestant.  He upholds the great Protestant principal of freedom of conscience for all people.
3. A Loyal Subject of Her Majesty the Queen.  His allegiance is unswerving and unlimited.  He regards the Throne as the centre of all secular power, justice and law.
4. A Good Citizen.  He is law-abiding.  He respects and observes all laws.
5. A Good Neighbour.  He is concerned with the welfare of all mankind.
6. Generous and Charitable.  He is generous not only with his worldly goods but also with his time, his thoughts and his deeds.
7. A Leader.  He prepares himself for the responsibilities of leadership.
8. Informed and Vigilant.  He is aware and responsive to events and issues around him.
9. A Loving and Responsible Parent.  He accepts total responsibility for the support, health and education of his children.
10. Honours and Glories in his Heritage.  He accepts his origins as part of himself and sees himself as an extension of his fore-fathers.
11. A Gentleman.  He respects the sanctity of women and defends their rights.
12. A Brother.  He practices the highest level of fraternalism in the tradition of his Lodge.
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Historic building has been moved three times in 184 years

12/8/2020

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By Jeff Dornan
The Peterborough Examiner
“If these walls could talk” is a familiar adage and if it were true a small and unassuming wooden building located just east of Norwood’s downtown would have some stories to tell.
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Built in 1836, it is likely Norwood’s oldest building still in use. However one of the most interesting parts about this buildings history is the fact that it has the well-earned distinction of also being the most travelled building in town — having been lifted and moved no less than three times in its 184 years.

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The Loyal Orange Order in Goderich

30/7/2020

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David Yates, Signal Star
July 30th, 2020

In a young Ontario the Loyal Orange Lodge was the province’s most powerful fraternal organization. At the turn of the last century, when the Loyal Orange Lodge was its peak, it is estimated that one in three Ontario males was affiliated with the Order.

They were militantly Protestant, Celtic, fanatically British and numbered Prime Ministers among their members. For nearly 160 years, the Orange Order maintained a strong Goderich presence.
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On July 12, 1834, when Goderich had a population of nearly 100 people, 14 Orangemen gathered at the home of John Cox.

The small band marched to Captain John Longworth’s home who in turn, provided them with appropriate refreshments wrote local historian W E Elliott.
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The following year, a warrant was issued for Goderich Lodge #145 on March 17, 1835 (St. Patrick’s Day) to James Elliott by the Grand Orange Lodge of British America and in December 1845, the lodge was re-designated #182 and later named Victoria Lodge.


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Orange Order was once Clinton's most popular fraternal organization

2/7/2020

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Loyal Orange Lodge parade marching north on Albert Street in Clinton on July 12, 1916.
David Yates,
The Signal Star

At the turn of the last century, when the Loyal Orange Lodge was at its most powerful, it is estimated that one in three Ontario men was a member of the Order. They were militantly Protestant, Celtic, fanatically British and numbered Prime Ministers amongst its member.

For nearly 150 years, the Orange Order was represented by Murphy Lodge No. 710.

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True Blues are marching back to Canada

18/3/2020

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​Portadown True Blues in Canada in 1982

Graeme Cousins, Newsletter
18th March 2020
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GRAEME COUSINS finds out why a blood and thunder band from Co Armagh have been invited to a special parade in Canada.
A marching band from Portadown is gearing up for a return to Canada where it will take part in the longest continually running procession in North America.

Portadown True Blues Flute Band’s first visit to Toronto came in 1982 to take part in the city’s Twelfth of July celebrations.
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Orange historian Quincey Dougan said: “The Orange heritage of Canada is well known, but lesser known is that the Toronto Twelfth of July celebrations can actually lay claim to being the longest continually running procession in North America, if not the entire world.

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The Orangemen War Memorial in Wentworth Park, Sydney

9/11/2019

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By Brian McConnell
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The War Memorial in Sydney's Wentworth Park is impressive and unique, commemorating men killed in the First and Second World Wards who belonged to the Loyal Orange Lodge of Cape Breton.
​War Memorials are located in communities around Nova Scotia, but none are like the one in Wentworth Park in Sydney, Cape Breton. The monument is very impressive, standing well over three metres high, and is inscribed with the names of 61 Nova Scotians killed in the First and Second World Wars. These men were all members of Orange Lodges in Cape Breton County.

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Salmon Cove L.O.L. group excited to host provincial meeting

3/5/2019

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From left, Loyal Orange Lodge 167 Roseville Recording Secretary Willis Parsons, Lecturer Boyd Slade, Marshall Howard Slade, Deputy Master Wayne Penney, Chaplain Bob Morgan and Worshipful Master Carl Penney.
SALMON COVE, N.L. - This week, members of Loyal Orange Lodge 167 Roseville in Salmon Cove were gearing up for the biggest event in the group’s history.The local group is hosting the 147th session of the Provincial Grand Lodge for the first time in its 106-year history.

“It’s something that we’ve wanted to do on a number of occasions, but the opportunity did not arise for us to do it,” recording secretary Willis Parsons told The Compass on April 30, as he and other members prepared pamphlets for the event, which was scheduled to run May 4 to 8. “But this year, we seemed to put a bit of a push at the local level to get involved. We’re only small in numbers and we thought it was too much work, but this year we took it upon ourselves to give it a try.”

L.O.L. 167 Roseville has 14 members and expects to have close to 100 people in attendance for the provincial event, which includes a banquet, parade and church service, among other festivities. Former Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Paul Davis is the scheduled guest speaker for the banquet on May 4.
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Orangeman's role in The Great Escape unearthed

23/3/2019

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New research has revealed that Wallace Floody, on whom Charles Bronson's character in the classic movie, "The Great Escape" was based, was a leading member of the Orange Order.  Ivan Little reports on the story of the Second World War hero, who went on to work as an adviser on the set of the famous film.

​Orange Order historians in Northern Ireland who regularly bang the drum about the achievements of their famous old boys across the world have just discovered a previously unknown link between their organisation and the famous Great Escape by Allied prisoners during the Second World War.
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For after a little bit of digging they've unearthed the surprising fact that Wallace Floody, on whom Charles Bronson's Tunnel King character in the Great Escape movie was based, was a leading Orangeman who's being remembered at events to mark this year's 75th anniversary of the break-out.Yet until 2018 the Order here had absolutely no knowledge about Floody, his Orange background or of his ties to the Great Escape, making him the one that got away, so to speak.

A call from Canada last year alerted local Orangemen to the possibility that Floody might have been a member of the Order on the other side of the Atlantic.
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And it was later confirmed that he was indeed an Orangeman.

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Orange Order districts prepare to celebrate Battle of the Boyne anniversary

9/7/2018

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The Glorious Twelfth is a significant date in the Orange Order calendar, marking the victory of Protestant King William of Orange over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.

The Orange Order is a Protestant organization based predominantly in Northern Ireland and Scotland, though it has lodges throughout Canada and the United States.

In Northern Ireland in 1795 the first Orange Lodge was established, with the date of the society’s first general meeting recorded as July 12, 1796.
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On July 12, approximately 30 Orange Lodges will gather at the Neelin Street Community Centre (arena) in Carleton Place to celebrate the Battle of the Boyne’s 328th anniversary. Activities include a service of worship at 3 p.m., conducted by Rev. Dr. Ron Hunt of St. Bede’s Anglican Church in Nolan’s Corners. A roast beef dinner follows at 4:30 p.m.

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Keeping the Brass Band Tradition Alive in Shearstown

1/1/2018

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 The Compass/Saltwire NetWorks
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A photograph of members, both new and old, of the Shearstown Brass Band, from left, seated, Riley Vokey, Hedley Bradbury, Ryan Butler; standing, Paul Somerton and Tony Vokey.
The Loyal Orange Lodge (LOL) is a Protestant fraternal organization that began in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1795.  The first lodge in Newfoundland and Labrador was Royal Oak Lodge in St. John’s, established in 1863. From there, the fraternity spread across the province. Between 1920 and 1960, approximately 35% of adult male Protestant Newfoundlanders were Orangemen, making lodge membership more popular in Newfoundland than anywhere else in the world, including Northern Ireland.

The Cromwell Loyal Orange Lodge No. 81, Shearstown, was constructed in 1898 and was dedicated with the name of Cromwell in 1901. It was one of the earlier community organizations to arrive in Shearstown. Its first master was Martin Sharpe.

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Loyal Orange Lodge in Tilton gives generously

24/11/2017

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Master David Smith, left, and Deputy Master Chad Gosse are helping the Loyal Orange Lodge Chosen Few 153 Tilton give back to the communities it serves.
​Distributes over $37,000 to Trinity-Conception community groups.

HARBOUR GRACE, NL — For decades, Loyal Orange Lodge Chosen Few 153 Tilton has supported a variety of organizations.

While Tilton may be in its name, the group's membership comes from all over the Trinity-Conception area. With the general membership of this Protestant fraternal group aging more every year, several LOLs in the region now cease to exist. Those Orangeman who did remain are now a part of the Tilton group. As a result, it has more communities to serve than ever before.
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In 2017, the group donated over $37,000 to different organizations, including schools, fire departments, food banks, churches and non-profits active in the health sector such as the Janeway Children's Foundation, Daffodil Place and the Trinity-Conception-Placentia Health Foundation.

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A brief history of the Loyal Orange Lodge in Haliburton

12/9/2017

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Street looking west towards Head Lake. The Haliburton Orange Hall built during 1897-98 which was the home of Loyal Orange Lodge No. 975 is the building at foreground centre. 
By Stephen Hill;
Haliburton Highlands Museum Curator 

The Loyal Orange Lodge with its principles of loyalty to the Crown and the preservation of the Protestant religion originated in Ireland in 1795. Symbolic of the order was King William III who at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 defeated the Roman Catholic forces of James II and thereby secured Protestant succession to the British Throne. Orangeism gradually spread abroad being officially organized in Canada in 1830. Its ideology was concurrent with the times and was shared by members and non-members alike.

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Annual ‘King Billy’ July 12th parade marks Canada 150, plus 500th anniversary of Protestant Reformation

13/7/2017

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King Billy has once again strode the streets of Carleton Place — albeit sidestepping Lake Avenue construction.

The annual July 12th parade, commemorating the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland in 1690, when the forces of the Protestant King William of Orange defeated the forces of the Catholic King James II in County Meath, was held in Carleton Place this past Wednesday, starting at the arena on Neelin Street.

​Orange Lodges from across eastern Ontario, from as far away as Renfrew County and Morrisburg, joined in the march, which went from the arena to downtown’s Bridge Street, and back. The parade, in years past, has gone down Lake Avenue to get to the downtown core, but had to be diverted this year because of ongoing construction work on the road.


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From Canada to Australia, America to Togo, lodges step out to celebrate Twelfth

10/7/2017

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Belfast Telegraph
July 10 2017
​The birthplace of Orangeism may be Armagh, but brethren stepped out in cities across the world over the weekend as the build-up to the Twelfth continues.

In Toronto, Canadian flags were held aloft along with Orange banners and Union flags as the annual procession made its way through the busy downtown area.

Orange lodges in Canada date back to 1812 and Toronto's parade appears to be the longest continually running parade in North America. It started in 1820.

A number of Orange parades also take place in Australia each year. Adelaide held its annual Twelfth parade last week.

One of the strongest presences of the Orange Order outside Northern Ireland is in Scotland, where on July 1 an estimated 4,500 people in 63 bands paraded through Glasgow city centre.

In England a number of parades are held in Liverpool, including a junior Twelfth parade through the city centre yesterday. On Wednesday parades will be held in Southport and Liverpool.

An estimated 5,000 marchers from 125 different lodges are due to take part.

There are also functioning Orange lodges from as far away as the United States to African states such as Togo.

Meanwhile, the Orange Order placed a full-page advertisement in Northern Ireland's main daily newspapers on Saturday, including the nationalist Irish News.

The advert for Belfast Orangefest 2017 urged people to come to the city to enjoy the Twelfth parade, a food festival and street entertainment.
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It also noted that shops in the city would be open from noon.
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Orangemen’s Hall brings back plenty of memories

12/3/2017

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“Waltzes, polkas, rills and trills and smiles” High low I go, how we danced them all …”

The words of the song, “Dance at the Orangemen’s Hall,” written by the late Fred Peach describe some merriment there over a century ago, relating a humourous story of mischief and its consequences. For anyone over a certain age, the Orangeman’s, or Orange Hall as it was called, evokes a flood of memories.

​The name had nothing to do with colour at all. Back in 1889, a group of the Orange Order formed in Cow Bay (Port Morien) and built a meeting hall there. The Order was named for Prince William of Orange, who seized the British throne after defeating the Catholic King James in battle. The Orangemen promoted the Protestant faith and mutual aid of their members. It wasn’t uncommon for members of many religious groups at the time to form exclusive fraternal organizations.

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Orangemen’s Parade on Broadway Street East

8/7/2016

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Terri Lefebvre Prince, Heritage Researcher / City of Yorkton Archives

​In year 1900, the Orange Hall was located on Lot 1, Block 2 at No. 2 Betts Avenue. We have an early history of the Orange Lodge in Yorkton, from a narrative by John Thompson, descendant of York Colony pioneers, Richard Thompson and James Sharp.

From that record we quote: “I do not think that my father missed one year that he didn’t attend the Yorkton Fair, in the early days, it was called the Yorkton Show Fair, and it started way back in the eighties. Father and Grand Dad Sharp and a few of Toronto Orangemen who built an Orange Lodge on Grand Dad’s farm, (James Sharp’s homestead) they used to have an Orange Walk on the 12th of July in Yorkton. There were quite a few members, Uncle Tom Goodchild, Uncle Wm Digby, Uncles Jim and Roy Sharp, Lockharts, Muirs and others.

My dad played the drum, and a Muir, I think Dave, played the Fife. Jim Fergus of Orkney played the Pipes, some of the members wore the kilts.” (From Mitch Wlock’s Fonds) Untitled narrative, written by John Thompson.

​From other early records of Yorkton history it is stated that a building on the James Sharp homestead is believed to be the first Orange Lodge established in what is now Saskatchewan. It was likely erected in 1883, or 1884.
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The Somme: 'Orangeism's greatest triumph and its heaviest defeat'

27/6/2016

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By Julian Fowler, BBC News NI

More than 200,000 men from across the world who fought during the First World War were members of the Orange Order, according to the institution.

The Battle of the Somme has been described as Orangeism's greatest triumph and its heaviest defeat.

At least five Orangemen were awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry, including Robert Quigg from Bushmills for his outstanding bravery on the battlefield.

In an historical twist of fate, the Battle of the Somme commenced on the anniversary (according to the Julian calendar) of the other great battle at the heart of Orange identity, the Battle of the Boyne.

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Orangemen from Prairies gather in Innisfail

17/5/2016

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Innisfail mayor Brian Spiller greets William Johnston, most worshipful brother, past grand master of the Orange Lodge of Canada during the Orange Lodge annual general meeting in Innisfail on April 16. Spiller was invited to a wreath laying at the cenotaph.
The western chapter of the Orange Lodge of Canada recently gathered in Innisfail for its annual general meeting.

Orangemen from across the Prairies attended the event on April 16.

“We have an annual meeting of the right worshipful grand lodge, which is the four western provinces,” said William Johnston, most worshipful brother, past grand master and sovereign of the Grand Orange Lodge of Canada. “We meet once a year in April and this is the first time we’ve been in Innisfail.”

Johnston, a member of the Orange Lodge in Innisfail, was joined by about 30 to 40 members who all took part in the annual meeting that included a short memorial service.

Members marched to the Innisfail cenotaph led by a piper, where the group laid a wreath to remember the Orangemen who fought and died in the two world wars. The service also included the reading of Psalm 23 and a moment of silence. It was followed by a luncheon at noon and the annual banquet later that evening at the Innisfail Royal Canadian Legion.

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