Spring Cleaning: Mayor Miller’s Community Cleanup Day

Spring Cleaning: Mayor Miller’s Community Cleanup Day

Join neighbours and friends for an hour or two to pick up litter around Fort York. Celebrate the arrival of Spring by helping to rid Toronto’s 41-acre birthplace of tin cans, plastic bottles and shopping bags blown in by the winter winds. Meet your fellow litter-pickers at the west gate, wear suitable clothing, and bring your own gloves. Garbage bags and coffee will be provided.

DATE: Saturday, April 19, 10 am – 1 pm

LOCATION: West gate, Fort York National Historic Site, enter off Fort York Blvd.

COST: Admission to Fort York is free for volunteers

An Invitation: Help Launch the New Book ‘Capital in Flames’

Robert Malcomson, who has written widely about the War of 1812, describes in his new book, Capital In Flames, the attack on York by U.S. forces on 27 April 1813, the preceding events and the aftermath. Engaging and authoritative, this important work will be launched at Fort York exactly one hundred and ninety-five years after the battle. Come celebrate its publication by Robin Brass Studios and share in Toronto’s history. Learn how the war helped define Canada and about our plans to mark the war’s bicentennial in 2012-14. Copies of the book will be available for sale at $39.95 + tax. VISA and major credit cards accepted.

DATE: Sunday, April 27, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

LOCATION: Blue Barracks, Fort York National Historic Site, enter off Fort York Blvd.

COST: Free for those who register in advance (416-392-6907 or fortyork@toronto.ca) or bring a copy of this issue of Drumroll