10 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday September 6, 2006 Family Heritage Day celebrates Trafalgar Township's 200th Anniversary Trafalgar 200 Family Heritage Day an event to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Trafalgar Township - promises to be a fun event for all ages that will combine activities for children, performances by actors and artists and demonstrations of pioneer life. The community is invited to come out on Saturday, Sept. 16 to enjoy a celebration of north Oakville's agricultural roots that will include an organic farmer's market, a milking demonstration and a visit to a one-room schoolhouse. All the activities take place in Palermo, located at the corner of Bronte Road and Dundas Street (Hwy. 5) between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. There will also be a display of antique autos (in Anson's parking lot southeast corner); performances, pioneer crafts and food at Palermo United Church (northeast corner); blacksmith and historical displays at the one-room schoolhouse (a few lots east of the church) and an opportunity to meet actor Michael Brown portraying Palermo's most celebrated citizen Dr. Anson Buck at the pioneer cemetery. Other actors playing men and women from Trafalgar Township's past will circulate around the various venues. Each will have interesting stories to tell about life in the community's early days. Plenty of parking is available at the St. Joseph's Portuguese Centre on the east side of Bronte Road just south of Dundas where visitors will be met by a Trafalgar Township Historical Society member who will give them a program for all the scheduled activities. 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