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Emancipation Day Celebration once the largest outdoor celebration of it's kind in North America, boasted colorful parades that made its way from the riverfront into Jackson Park celebration grounds, Miss Sepia Pageants, talent contest, concerts, family reunion picnics and community wide barbecues. In fact these cross-border celebrations drew the likes of Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. George Washington Carver, Jesse Owens, Diana Ross, Joe Louis, Eleanor Roosevelt and many other world renowned dignitaries annually to appear as guest speakers or simply to join the revelry of freedom. At its peak Emancipation celebration had over 250 000 plus people in attendance.

This Canada Day, the town of Amherstburg will celebrate Canada's birthday and summer's greatest treat all in one day! Wednesday, July 1st, join the Town of Amherstburg in Toddy Jones Park for its Second Annual Ice Cream Festival! The Amherstburg Ice Cream Festival is an economical family-oriented event, providing active games, entertainment, and a smorgasboard of ice cream adventures for everyone. The mission of this non-profit festival is to raise funds for Autism Ontario and stimulate tourism and sales for local business while putting smiles on to the faces of all who attend.

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inemaker’s Notes: Lovely, dry red wine, rich, with dark fruit, currant, berry and good tannic structure. Aged in French oak anWd Stainless Steel. Great match with roast or red meats, game birds, chicken, turkey, vegetables, pizza and tomato based pasta’s, cheeses, including blue and hard cheeses.

Billy and I are staying in tonight, eating some huge steaks, having some cocktails and watching some DVR'd shows (Big Brother, Highway18, and we still haven't watched the finale of Grey's Anatomy...). It's going to be a great night.