{"id":49653,"date":"2014-09-13T14:35:30","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T18:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=49653"},"modified":"2014-09-13T14:39:51","modified_gmt":"2014-09-13T18:39:51","slug":"get-fortified-grand-opening-fort-york-visitor-centre-fall-2014-issue-fife-drum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/09\/13\/get-fortified-grand-opening-fort-york-visitor-centre-fall-2014-issue-fife-drum\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Fortified: Grand opening of the Fort York Visitor Centre + fall 2014 issue of Fife and Drum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lots of Fort York news this week. First, the long-awaited visitors centre opens this Friday<\/strong> Sept 19<\/strong> at 1:30PM<\/strong>. This is followed by a weekend of free events at the fort \u2014 see the full Get Fortified schedule here<\/a>. Finally, the fall issue of the Friends of Fort York\u2019s quarterly newsletter, Fife and<\/strong> Drum <\/strong>was just released.\u00a0 This edition includes articles on:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. An essay on what a visit to the fort means and can mean.<\/li>\n
  2. \n
    An archelological look at what came before the new visitor centre<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  3. A look at how Fort York’s visitor centre compares to other famous sites around the world<\/li>\n
  4. \n
    Bicentennial timeline of the tail end of the War of 1812
    \n<\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Plus lots more. All free!<\/p>\n

    You can download a PDF of the current issue here<\/a>. But you can also go here to subscribe to Fife and Drum<\/a>, so it will arrive in your inbox. Here you\u2019ll also find<\/a> back issues of Fife and Drum to download.<\/p>\n

    Fife & Drum lists upcoming events and recent goings-on at the fort, but it also has, since the Friends began publishing it in 1996, exhaustively researched essays and stories about the fort, Toronto and related history. I serve as volunteer director on the Friends of Fort York board, the volunteer advocacy organization that has helped look after the interests of City of Toronto\u2019s premier museum site.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Lots of Fort York news this week. First, the long-awaited visitors centre opens this Friday Sept 19 at 1:30PM. This is followed by a weekend of free events at the fort \u2014 see the full Get Fortified schedule here. 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