Commemoration Service - Death of Sir John A. Macdonald

The Kingston Historical Society invites you to remember Sir John A. Macdonald on Saturday, 6 June, 2015, with an event that combines commemoration, pageantry, history and conviviality in a special outdoor setting.  Please join us at 1:30 p.m. in Kingston’s Cataraqui Cemetery to remember Canada’s first Prime Minister, Sir John Alexander Macdonald, who died on this day in 1891.This annual commemorative ceremony features members of the Fort Henry Guard, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Bellevue House Staff in period dress, as well as many dignitaries and representatives of local organizations who will lay wreathes at the grave.This year our guest speaker is Honourable Robert Keith (Bob) Rae, OC, O.Ont.Before and after the ceremony, all visitors are welcome to tour the historic and picturesque  Cataraqui Cemetery which is now a National Historic Site. (972 Purdy Mills Road off Counter Street).  Refreshments will be served in the outdoors chapel following the service.