#simcoe day

[cherlafayette]

Happy Simcoe Day! 

[greenofallshades]

The art of Elizabeth Gwillim Posthuma Simcoe

Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biography

[greenofallshades]

“British Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe was a passionate leader who was opposed to slavery. Simcoe argued that Christian teaching opposed slavery and the British Constitution did not allow it. As the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada (later to be called Ontario), he pledged to never support a law that “discriminates by dishonest policy between the Natives of Africa, America or Europe.” To his credit Simcoe was a visionary, new-world political leader who was not afraid to speak out against slavery, even when it was not popular to take this stand. “

[greenofallshades]

Monument to John Graves Simcoe

Queens Park, Toronto, Ontario

wikipedia.com

1903 Unveiling of the Queens Park monument

[greenofallshades]

Monument to John Graves Simcoe and his wife, Elizabeth.

Niagara-On-The-Lake, Navy Hall, Ontario

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[carbombrenee]

Civic Weekend August 2024

[anthonyspage]

Happy Simcoe Day🏙

[sir-raina-art]

A little comic for Simcoe day because I missed it the past two years....

Part 1/2

This is probably how their first meeting went...