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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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