WEEKEND ITINERARY in AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO!
It's one of Ontario's Southwest's oldest towns and I'm showing you the perfect weekend itinerary in Amherstburg, Ontario!
In partnership with Ontario's Southwest and Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island.
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Heritage Walking Tour with Robert Honor
King's Navy Yard Park
Fort Malden National Historic Site
Lord Amherst Pub
Waterfront Ice Cream and Frozen Yogurt
Bondy House B&B
Artisan Grill
Sprucewood Shores Estate Winery
GL Heritage Brewing Co.
Wolfhead Distillery
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Let's Visit Amherstburg, ON
Located along the Detroit River, Amherstburg, Ontario is a beautiful city with a nice downtown and park (the Navy Yard to be exact) along the Detroit River. I also visit Fort Malden which the grounds date back to the War of 1812 when it used to be Fort Amherstburg.
Great Places in Canada Historic Downtown Amherstburg
Historic Downtown Amherstburg - do you think it is one of the Great Neighbourhoods in Canada?
Experience Amherstburg - Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island
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When you’re ready to discover history, amazing restaurants, quaint boutiques, 16 wineries and more, you’re ready to discover Amherstburg, Ontario. You can hop from shop to shop all located steps from their award winning waterfront park along the Detroit River. Or check out their award winning festivals held on the streets, in the parks, and on the grounds of historic Fort Malden. Amherstburg is 45 minutes of 5.7 million people, but when you’re here they’ll make you feel like one in a million! Come see Amherstburg...you’re going to love it here.
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Fort Malden National Historic Site
Beacon Ale House
Artisans Grill
Kings Navy Yard Park
Gibson Gallery
Amherstburg Freedom Museum
Wolfhead Distillery
WE Trolley
67 Richmond
Duffy's sold to Amherstburg.
Amherstburg Mayor Aldo DiCarlo talks about the purchase of Duffy's Motor Inn, Tavern on Dalhousie Street.
DETROIT - UNDERGROUND RAILWAY - SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
The most amazing discovery I made on the edge of Greektown in downtown Detroit was Second Baptist Church. Because I have a strong interest in black history and negro spiritual music this church immediately piqued my interest. The historical plaque said it was the oldest black congregation in Michigan. Further investigation revealed that the church was a STATION in the famous UNDERGROUND RAILWAY that was a conduit for escaping slaves to reach Canada among other places. Proximity to the Detroit River made this station the last stop before Canada extremely important.
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The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century, and used by African-American slaves to escape into free states, Canada and Nova Scotia with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause.The term is also applied to the abolitionists, both black and white, free and enslaved, who aided the fugitives. Various other routes led to Mexico or overseas. An earlier escape route running south toward Florida, then a Spanish possession (except 1763–83), existed from the late 17th century until Florida became a United States territory in 1821 (ending the safe haven for escaped slaves was the main reason Florida changed nationality).However, the network now generally known as the Underground Railroad was formed in the late 1700s, and it ran north to the free states and Canada, and reached its height between 1850 and 1860.[6] One estimate suggests that by 1850, 100,000 slaves had escaped via the Railroad.
The Second Baptist Church, located at 441 Monroe Street within Greektown in Detroit, Michigan, is the oldest African-American church in the Midwestern United States. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1974 listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
The church was organized in March 1836 by 13 former slaves who left the First Baptist Church due to discrimination.[4] Second Baptist was Detroit's seventh major church.[3] With the Detroit River and Canada's border only a thousand yards away, the Second Baptist Church quickly undertook the mission of helping free slaves and constructed a room under the sanctuary where escaping slaves stayed until they could continue their journey.[5] Church leaders assisted in creating the Amherstburg Baptist Association and the Canadian Anti-Slavery Baptist Association, each of which were abolitionist groups in Canada.[4] From its founding until the end of the Civil War, the church served as a station on the Underground Railroad, hosting some 5,000 slaves before their eventual departure to Canada.[3]
Second Baptist also opened the city's first school for black children in 1839,[3] and in 1843 and 1865 hosted a State Convention of Colored Citizens to petition the Michigan government for Negro Suffrage.[4] Ralph Bunche, who later became the first African-American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, was baptized in the church. Second Baptist was instrumental in the formation of over 30 other African-American churches.
the Senior Pastor of Second Baptist Church is Reverend Dr. Kevin Turman earned his B.A. in government from Harvard College. He also holds a master's degree in divinity from Yale University and a doctorate in ministry from the United Theological Seminary. Turman is the senior pastor for the Second Baptist Church of Detroit. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
Spirituals (or Negro spirituals are generally Christian songs that were created by African Americans.[3] Spirituals were originally an oral tradition that imparted Christian values while also describing the hardships of slavery.[4] Although spirituals were originally unaccompanied monophonic (unison) songs, they are best known today in harmonized choral arrangements. This historic group of uniquely American songs is now recognized as a distinct genre of music.
The term spiritual is derived from spiritual song, from the King James Bible's translation of Ephesians 5:19, which says, Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.[6] Slave Songs of the United States, the first major collection of negro spirituals, was published in 1867.
Musicologist George Pullen Jackson extended the term spiritual to a wider range of folk hymnody, as in his 1938 book, White Spirituals in the Southern Uplands, but this does not appear to have been widespread usage previously. The term, however, has often been broadened to include subsequent arrangements into more standard European-American hymnodic styles, and to include post-emancipation songs with stylistic similarities to the original African American spirituals.
Quinte Courthouse in Belleville
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Battle of Queenston Heights
The Battle of Queenston Heights was the first major battle in the War of 1812 and resulted in a British victory. It took place on 13 October 1812, near Queenston, in the present-day province of Ontario. It was fought between United States regulars and New York militia forces led by Major General Stephen Van Rensselaer, and British regulars, York volunteers and Mohawks led by Major General Isaac Brock, and Major General Roger Hale Sheaffe, who took command when Brock was killed.
The battle was fought as the result of an American attempt to establish a foothold on the Canadian side of the Niagara River before campaigning ended with the onset of winter. This decisive battle was the culmination of a poorly managed American offensive and may be most historically significant for the loss of the British commander.
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The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815. Historians in Britain often see it as a minor theater of the Napoleonic Wars; in the United States and Canada, it is seen as a war in its own right.
From the outbreak of war with Napoleonic France, Britain had enforced a naval blockade to choke off neutral trade to France, which the US contested as illegal under international law. To man the blockade, Britain impressed American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy. Incidents such as the Chesapeake–Leopard affair inflamed anti-British sentiment in the US. In 1811, the British were in turn outraged by the Little Belt affair, in which 11 British sailors died. Britain supplied Indians who raided American settlers on the frontier, hindering American expansion and provoking resentment. Historians debate whether the desire to annex some or all of British North America (Canada) contributed to the American decision to go to war. On June 18, 1812, US President James Madison, after heavy pressure from the War Hawks in Congress, signed the American declaration of war into law.With most of its army in Europe fighting Napoleon, Britain adopted a defensive strategy. American prosecution of the war effort suffered from its unpopularity, especially in New England, where it was derogatorily referred to as Mr. Madison's War. American defeats at the Siege of Detroit and the Battle of Queenston Heights thwarted attempts to seize Upper Canada, improving British morale. American attempts to invade Lower Canada and capture Montreal also failed. In 1813, the Americans won the Battle of Lake Erie, gaining control of the lake, and at the Battle of the Thames defeated Tecumseh's Confederacy, securing a primary war goal. A final American attempt to invade Canada was fought to a draw at the Battle of Lundy's Lane during the summer of 1814. At sea, the powerful Royal Navy blockaded American ports, cutting off trade and allowing the British to raid the coast at will. In 1814, one of these raids burned the capital, Washington, although the Americans later repulsed British attempts to invade New England and capture Baltimore.
In Britain, there was mounting opposition to wartime taxation and demands to reopen trade with America. With the abdication of Napoleon, the blockade of France ended and Britain ceased impressment, rendering the issue of the impressment of American sailors moot. The British were then able to increase the strength of the blockade on the United States coast, annihilating American maritime trade and bringing the US government near to bankruptcy. Neither side wanted to continue fighting. Peace negotiations began in August 1814, and the Treaty of Ghent was signed on December 24. News of the peace did not reach America for some time. Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana and were defeated at the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815. These late victories were viewed by Americans as having restored national honour, leading to the collapse of anti-war sentiment and the beginning of the Era of Good Feelings, a period of national unity. News of the treaty arrived shortly thereafter, halting military operations. The treaty was unanimously ratified by the US Senate on February 17, 1815, ending the war with no boundary changes.