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The 12th Of July In Toronto In 1914 Included 80 Members Of Lodges On Grey Horses

Article 5 ~ April 2005

The parade was five miles long and comprised aroung 15,000 on parade with spectators numbering 200,000.

Among those taking part were Indian brethren and a report in the Orange Standard of September 1914 details that there had been 2,000 new members in Toronto over the past year.

While Toronto was the centre of urban Orangeism, however, Lodges existed in many other places, and an earlier report, from 1869 in the Belfast News Letter outlined a celebration in the backwoods of Canada.

The event took place in Peterboro', Ontario, and the three local lodges assembled there at 7 a.m. on the Twelfth morning prior to setting out for the village of Millbrook, thirteen miles south.

At 8 a.m. the band of the 57th Battalion, Canadian Volunteers, marched to the village of Ashburnham, and escorted the two lodges there to meet the Peterboro' lodges. The procession then made its way to the railway depot, en route to the District demonstration.

At Millbrook, 11 other lodges joined those from the Peterboro area and the parade took place until noon, when refreshments were enjoyed. Another parade was held in the afternoon and Episcopalian, Presbyterian and Methodist ministers addressed the crowds.

Brother Robert Larmour, the secretary of L.O.L. No. 180 in Peterboro, provided the account, and noted that around 500 people from Peterboro' joined the lodges for the day, while around 4,000 visitors in total made their way to the Twelfth celebration.

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