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Emancipation Day
August 1, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
A memorial gathering to honour Louisa Payne, a former slave that escaped from the U.S., will take place at the Fairbairn cemetery on Baseline Road from 10am to 12:00 noon. She was buried at the cemetery but never has a gravestone. A gravestone was recently purchased and a small ceremony will be held.