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Art Crawl returns to Amherstburg
The WSO wind quintet performed in King’s Navy Yard Park late Sunday afternoon to close the two-day Amherstburg Art Crawl. The Amherstburg Art Crawl returned to town for the fifth straight year and featured new art being created, the viewing and sale of other pieces of art and the unveiling of more public art pieces. The latter included two new murals being unveiled in the town’s downtown core. The first unveiling was “The Stories We Tell,” the mural in “Art Alley” on the side

Ron Giofu
Jul 143 min read


Freedom Walk 2026 concludes at Amherstburg Freedom Museum
Anthony Cohen made the Amherstburg Freedom Museum the final stop on his Walk to Freedom, much as he did 30 years ago. He was accompanied by Wesley Wofford’s “The Journey to Freedom” sculpture this time. Anthony Cohen walked an Underground Railroad route to Canada three decades ago and has done so again. Cohen completed his first Freedom Walk 30 years ago, stemming from a university paper he wrote that he put into practice. He walked from Maryland, starting about 20 miles nort

Ron Giofu
Jul 143 min read


Pensioner’s Day celebrated at the Park House Museum
Park House summer student Callie McRorie conducts a tour during “Pensioner’s Day” that was celebrated by the museum July 4. Park House Museum volunteer Mark Feltoe demonstrates how to use a printing press. The printing press was the original one that was used by the former Amherstburg Echo newspaper. Pensioner’s Day was celebrated at the Park House Museum earlier this month. One of only two original pensioner’s cottages in Amherstburg sits behind the museum building itself an

Ron Giofu
Jul 143 min read
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