Our summer historical series for July and August, 2010 will be held each Wed. at 10:00 a.m. at the Keir Memorial Museum at Malpeque on Rte. 20.

Please join us for one of the most successful historical“Summer talk” series on P.E.I. and bring your friends. You will not be disappointed.

The Malpeque Historical Society is grateful to all those who are willing to help support this program by your attendance.

The dates, topics and speakers are listed as follows:

• July 7 - “Overheard on the Island” by David Weale. In his talk ,he will share some of the stories associated with his sayings that appear everyday in the Guardian and how the sayings relate to certain aspects of Island culture.)
  
• July 14 - “Those Island Presbyterians and the Love of Education” by Jack Whytock. In his lecture, he will explore the way Island Presbyterians of the 19th century made significant contributions both regionally in the Maritimes and also in Persia.
  
• July 21 - “ Good Times in Malpeque - Lucy Palmer at Fanning School 1887-1890” by Michael Bliss.
  
• July 28 - TBA
  
• Aug. 4 - “An Era of Prosperity and Self Sufficiency-The Shipbuilding Industry of P.E.I.” by Marvin Moore.
  
• Aug. 11 - “A Meditation on Memory: The Yankee Gale and the August Gale in Popular Culture” by Dr. Ed Mac Donald. The two most deadly storms in the Island’s recorded history, the Yankee Gale and the August Gale, occurred only 22 years apart in 1851 and 1873. Both took over a hundred lives and left the Island’s north shore strewn with shipwrecks. The lecture will talk about these two extreme weather events and try to explain why one passed into folklore while the other fell into virtual oblivion.
  
• Aug.12 - Oyster Day:  Oyster Day at Keir Memorial Museum
• Aug. 18 - “Rum Running: Exciting Times in the Maritimes” by Dutch Thompson Drawing from his collection of 900 hours of tapes, Dutch will share his stories about rum running days on P.E.I.
  
• Aug. 25 - “Local Vignettes” by Malpeque and Area residents. (Watch for press releases prior to the events.)