Comments on: Salt & Roses: The War of 1812 and Today’s Downtown

By: Tom Lucier

Tom Lucier — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:22:53 +0000

I should have posted this in each post about the Windsor Community Museum.

Thanks Wilkie for pointing out this detail.

Windsor’s Community Museum in downtown Windsor is less than five minutes’ walking distance from the banks of the Detroit River. This museum features exhibits of artifacts and artwork that relate to the history and culture of Windsor. Some of the artifacts at Windsor’s Community Museum include an early 20th century police callbox, a Detroit River ferry ticket dating back to the early 19th century and a violin that was created in 1792. “By the River’s Edge,” one of the museum’s permanent collections, has artwork that dates back to the early 19th century.

Windsor’s Community Museum
Francois Baby House
254 Pitt St. W.
Windsor, ON N9A 5L5
Canada
519-253-1812

Hours:
Summer Hours (Effective May 1st)

* Monday: Closed
* Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
* Sunday: 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Winter Hours (Effective October 1st)

* Monday: Closed
* Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
* Sunday: Closed

Inquire at number above for Holiday Hours.

By: Wilkie. C

Wilkie. C — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:27:31 +0000

What hours are you open? What days are you open? Other than a quick flashby in the video, in which it was partly covered with snow, I have not found one website that has the hours on it. how can I arrange to go, if you don’t say when you are open?

By: Jane Buttery

Jane Buttery — Sat, 08 May 2010 00:42:22 +0000

As my website shows I believe in celebrating where we live. I loved you video on African contribution to Windsor as I’ve written abut the underground railway in my book,An Unlikely Friendship- about Amherstburg 1846. I was intrigued about the electric street cars too and wish there was more information about the earliest Windsor Market. I write people’s life stories and I heard that an Essex resident brought her eggs , butter and chickens to the Windsor Market on Saturdays from about 1918- using a street car from Essex. Did that link with Tecumseh or Amherstburg cars? How can we find out?
Brock and Tecumseh by the way met in Amherstburg, using Matthew Elliott as interpreter prior to the raid on Detroit in August 1812. That’s why the museum at Fort Malden has a stone marked Tecumseh.
John Prince was involved in the 1838 skirmish in Windsor and about the same time, the coloured militia in Amherstburg took the schooner Anne captive.
There is so much to explore in the city and county.
You do a great job of arousing one’s imagination. Thank you.
Jane

By: Steve Konkle

Steve Konkle — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:47:15 +0000

Another great episode. As someone relatively new to Windsor, I didn’t even know how to pronounce “Baby”, let alone that the house was taken over by Americans at one point.

By: Mark Bradley

Mark Bradley — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:39:34 +0000

Did you know that the Windsor’s Wood Carvers is looking into selling the large wooden sculpture of Chief Tecumseh to the Town of Tecumseh! How many did you know that there was a statue of Tecumseh in the Windsor area?

By: George Manury

George Manury — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:14:07 +0000

Very fine. thanks.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:23:56 +0000

I agree with Mark. When will we celebrate our history with statues and/or fountains instead of painted murals that erase over time?

Sorry but small plaques do nothing for the aesthetic of our city nor does it address the poor showing of our wonderful history.

By: Jean Foster

Jean Foster — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:28:57 +0000

Windsor Public Library has a digital exhibit featuring the War of 1812 in Western Region … Have a look http://www.windsorpubliclibrary.com/digi/war1812/

By: Madelyn Della Valle

Madelyn Della Valle — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:21:11 +0000

With regards to Mark Bradley’s comment, one of the two plaques outside the museum talks about the role of Francois Baby and this house in the War of 1812. It’s on the east side of the Pitt street property line, and does mention Isaac Brock. But I do agree that further acknowledgement of the crucial role of Tecumseh would be beneficial.

By: Mark Bradley

Mark Bradley — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:16:22 +0000

Great, another find episode. But yet to this day there is still no plaque, no statues of General Brock, Chief Tecumseh et al, nothing, nada, zip to tell our story.