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Saturday, September 18th
Event: Navy Day in Cupids
Location: Cupids

Cupids 400...Celebrating the Canadian Navy!

Please note: Boat owners are more than welcome to join a flotilla to accompany the St. John's into Cupids. For more info contact: Claudine (cgarland@cupids400.com or telephone 528-1610.

12:30 pm
HMCS St. John's drops anchor in Cupids Harbour

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Lead by RCSCC Catalina Band and flying the Queen's Colors, the Navy will proudly parade from the Akerman Building to Cupids Legacy Centre to perform a Freedom of the Town Ceremony.

Immediately following, the parade will continue to Millbrook Garden where the Navy will plant a tree celebrating their 100th Anniversary.

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
HMCS St. John's open for public tours
Please note - tours are subject to availability of shuttle boats

Friday, September 24th - Saturday, September 25th
Event: FAIRE WOODES AND FRESHE RIVERS: Settling Cupids 1610-2010
Location: THE ROOMS (St. John's) / Cupids

Symposium jointly sponsored by the Newfoundland Historical Society and Cupids Historical Society, with support from CUPIDS 400 and THE ROOMS Provincial Museum Division. All events open to the public free of charge.

Tickets required for transportation to/from Cupids and lunch/banquet events in the community.

Friday, Sept 24th:
8:00 pm
THE ROOMS (St. John's) - Reception (upper level)

Speaker: Peter Pope
The Consumer Revolution of the Late 16th Century and the Beginnings of European Colonization in North America

Saturday, Sept 25th
8:45 am
Bus departs from Churchill Square, St. John's for Cupids
(pre-purchased ticket required; $20 for round trip)

9:30 am
Legacy Centre opens in Cupids
Proclamation: John Guy
(refreshments available)

MORNING SESSION
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Greetings:
Newfoundland Historical Society
Cupids Historical Society

10:45 am - 12:10 pm
William Gilbert:
"To dwell in this Country and Live here": Historical Archaeology in Cupids, Newfoundland
Gordon Handcock and Chesley Sanger:
John Guy of Bristol and Newfoundland

12:10 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch - Cupids Community Centre)
(pre-purchased ticket required; $15 per person)

AFTERNOON SESSION
1:30 pm - 2:55 pm
Laurie McLean:
Beothuk - European Interactions: Acknowledging the Good Within the Bad
Robert Cuff:
"Date of this Entry" - John Guy, George Dawe, Charles Garland and the Conception Bay Plantations Book of 1806

2:55 pm - 3:25 pm
Refreshment break

3:25 pm - 4:50 pm
Philip Hiscock:
The Legend of Sheila Na Geira: The 20th Century Looking Back
Hans Rollman:
A Tale of Two Cities: The 1910 John Guy Tercentenary at Cupids in the Crossfire of Harbour Grace and St. John's

4:50 pm - 5:50 pm
Speaker's Corner (Legacy Centre)

6:00 pm
BANQUET (6:30 pm) - Cupids Community Centre
(ticket required; $38 per person)

Speaker: Patrick O'Flaherty
Cupids Men at the National Convention

9:30 pm
Bus departs Cupids for St. John's