We respond to many requests from organizations who want us to share our knowledge of Burlington’s history. We also work with the public to secure insight into Burlington’s past from those that were actually there.
We are engaged in activities such as:
- Presentations to church groups, associations, etc. as well as public programs providing a series of in-depth presentations on a broad range of topics such as Agriculture, Brant Inn of Old, Brant Street, Spencer Smith – the Man and the Park, Villages of Burlington, Businesses and Commercial Enterprises
- Oral histories which includes interviewing long-time residents to obtain personal and unique perspectives on Burlington’s earlier years
- We participate in heritage activities such as Heritage Fair, Doors Open Burlington, Jane’s Walk, community book fairs, and Joseph Brant Day to name a few. We also maintain active partnerships with other community heritage partners such as the Museums of Burlington, Heritage Burlington, Burlington Public Library, Halton’s Heritage Services, and other local historical societies.
To see more detail on our activities throughout the year, check out our Gazette newsletter.
Our Alan Harrington is planning to do another community/history walk. Come out and learn a bit of Burlington history.
We hope everyone all the best for 2021, and hope you enjoy the lights in Spencer Smith Park for one more week.
We hope to see you at some of the events that are going on this month!Our BHS display begins on Friday the 1rst, our own Alan Harrington is doing a downtown walking tour on Saturday the 2nd,and many more events! See the calendar on the Burlington Public Library site
The BHS had a table at the event held on August 12th at Skyway Park, organized by St. Elizabeth’s Anglican Church. Pictured here are BHS members Pat, Joan, and Ed, plus in the middle is Councillor Paul Sharman.
Congratulations Joan Downey! Hearty congratulations are in order for our volunteer Archivist Joan Downey on the successful completion (Honours Graduate) of a two year Records and Information Management Course from Mohawk College on May 3, 2016! Quite an accomplishment! For further details on this achievement, please reference the separate article prepared by Peggy Armstrong and […]
The Heritage Fair on February 6th at BPL revealed yet another fine example of a couple of members busy at work during that day – Joan Downey and Peggy Armstrong. Did you get a chance to talk with them on February 6th? Help us Save the Past project – as mentioned at the March General […]
Yes, we’ve gone Social. This gives us an opportunity to reach out to an audience, both in Burlington and beyond, who live with their phones and iPads in their back pockets. We can send out bite-sized messages about upcoming meetings, newsworthy items, or the arrival of an exciting postcard in the archives. Our resident expert, […]
Summer Break Knox Prebysterian Church In early June, Jackie Poppe, a BHS member and a long time member of Knox Presbyterian Church invited the BHS Archives volunteers – Joan Downey, Peggy Armstrong and Patricia Taylor to drop by the church. While there they had a guided tour and met the Rev. Emma Duncan. The purpose […]
As you are well aware, we have the finest BHS members and executive. What you may not know is that one of our own Executive, has recently become famous and a TV star. Tom Bochsler was featured on the AGENDA with Steve Paikin on Monday night April 4th. Here is proof positive that this event […]
Proof positive that our BHS Team have been out in our community of late! 1. Book Fair on November 28th at Milton- ‘manning’ our BHS table are Joan Downey and Patricia Taylor. They were located in the Waldie Blacksmith Shop – note background. 2. Heritage Fair on February 6th at BPL Our very own Joan […]
