Hi everyone, Mayor Drew Dilkens here
welcome to another edition of Mayor's
Minute and I am excited today to be at
Windsor's Masonic Temple, a place that
you've all driven by at some point in
your life but many of you may have not
been inside and this is my first
experience
coming up to the Blue Room, a very
beautiful blue room, and seeing the Red
Room next door,
which is where the Masons in our
community have have
joined together to help build on Windsor
and Essex County for almost the last 100
years and there are seven lodges
in the City of Windsor and certainly my
grandfather was a member a past master
of one of those lodges and helped
instill the spirit of community service
in me at a very young age and so it's
great to come in this space and to be
here
and to celebrate with the Masons in the
community who are preparing for the
100th anniversary celebration and
joining me today is Cam Adamson, who
happens to be the chair of the 100th
anniversary committee,
to tell us a little bit more about the
exciting plans you have in store, Cam.
[Cam] As the chair of the 100th anniversary
committee the the thing I'm looking for
and the thing we are looking for
is the cherished memories, stories,
photographs, anything people have of
their time in this building. This is not
only a masonic home, it's a community
home
it's a place where thousands of people have
passed through including your
grandfather
thousands of cherished memories,
thousands of cherished events and we
want to hear those stories.
Please send them to the email that
you're going to see on the screen
and we would love to hear from you and
hear your memories of the beautiful
Windsor Masonic Temple.
So lots of great history out in the community. Please share with the email
address on the screen right now.
When the building opened there were
thousands of people who gathered outside
on Ouellette Avenue to help lay the
cornerstone and to celebrate the opening
and I expect
in July of 2021, we'll have thousands
more to celebrate
100 years of Masonry in the City of
Windsor. Thanks for watching this edition
of Mayor's Minute. Stay safe, stay well
and be kind to one another.
