By James Wilson
Despite the rain, the Albert County Museum's 6th Annual R.B. Bennett Day went ahead on Saturday. The day, meant to fall close to Bennett's July 3rd birthday, honours Canada's 11th prime minister and the only Canadian prime minister born in New Brunswick. The morning breakfast brought out 41 people and the kitchen had only three pancakes and a little bit of bacon left over at noon. Due to the rain the plan to barbecue hot dogs was abandoned and they were boiled instead.
Despite the rain, the Albert County Museum's 6th Annual R.B. Bennett Day went ahead on Saturday. The day, meant to fall close to Bennett's July 3rd birthday, honours Canada's 11th prime minister and the only Canadian prime minister born in New Brunswick. The morning breakfast brought out 41 people and the kitchen had only three pancakes and a little bit of bacon left over at noon. Due to the rain the plan to barbecue hot dogs was abandoned and they were boiled instead.
A little before 2pm, the museum's guest speaker arrived. Dr. Christopher McCreery, Private Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, gave an interesting speech on R.B. Bennett's revival of the Canadian honours system in the 1930s and his time in the British House of Lords in the 1940s. Dr. McCreery went so far as to describe Bennett as "the father of the modern Canadian honours system". This was followed by a presentation by Manager-Curator Donald Alward on how Bennett's day would have unfolded on the day he was introduced to the House of Lords. After the presentations everyone went to the Community Hall for birthday cake and ice cream.
MLA Brian Kierstead and MP Alaina Lockhart were both in attendance and there were about 20 people present in total for the presentations and refreshments
MLA Brian Kierstead and MP Alaina Lockhart were both in attendance and there were about 20 people present in total for the presentations and refreshments
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