Category Archives: Historic

John Douglas Young and D-Day

D DAY JUNE 6, 1944
THE STAINED GLASS WINDOW

John Douglas Young

John Douglas Young

The Stained Glass Window

The Stained Glass Window

John Douglas Young R.M.C.

John Douglas Young R.M.C.

Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2360 Major John Douglas Young (R.M.C. 1933) was the son of James V. Young and Wilmot M. Young of Ottawa Ontario.

He served with the Royal Canadian Artillery. He died on June 6, 1944 at 28 years of age.

His name is listed on the Bayeaux Memorial in Bayeuax, Normandy.

The J. Douglas Young Sword of Excellence at the Royal Military College of Canada was donated by the Class of 1933 in memory of their Classmate #2360 John Douglas Young (R.M.C. 1933).

The J. Douglas Young Sword of Excellence

The J. Douglas Young Sword of Excellence

Source:  The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2628824

Original Source: John Douglas Young Photo (top left corner)
Hamilton Spectator, November 12, 1944

FOA to Receive $2,000 to support Hamilton Honours the Life and Times of Isaac Buchanan

We are pleased to announce that the Friends of Auchmar’s application to the City of Hamilton’s Canada 150 Projects and Events Funding Program has been successful. Funding has been awarded in the amount of $2,000 to support Hamilton Honours the Life and Times of Isaac Buchanan – City-Builder & Nation-Builder: A Canada 150 Celebration.

More details to be announced later this year as we plan this event.

City will keep Auchmar Estate in public hands!

Auchmar Estate to remain in Public Hands with City Ownership

The city presented its Auchmar Operations Plan to council today.

A majority of councillors voted Wednesday to try to negotiate a lease or operating agreement for the historic Mountain estate – but retain city ownership regardless.

If those negotiations fail, city staff will bring back an in-house repair and “adaptive reuse” plan for the crumbling heritage building, which needs $8 million in work to open totally to the public.

Mayor Fred Eisenberger and ward Councillor Terry Whitehead both pushed to end the city’s on-again, off-again pursuit of a private sector sale.

We are thrilled with the city council’s decision today to Keep Auchmar in Public Hands. Ultimately, this is the right way to go. We are confident that ultimately a sustainable adaptive reuse plan will come together for the Auchmar Estate.

The city will keep Auchmar Estate in public hands. A majority of councillors voted Wednesday to try to negotiate a lease or operating agreement for the historic Mountain estate – but retain city ownership regardless.

More information is available in the Spectator Article.

Stay tuned for further news and developments.