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The Wellesley Township Heritage and Historical Society will be unveiling a new plaque to commemorate the Emancipation Day picnic that happened on August 1, 1863 in Hawkesville to celebrate the end of slavery in the British Empire.

The food history of a community can often reveal so much about the people who lived and worked there, but when it comes to the culinary history of early Black settlers in Waterloo region, Guelph and area, local historians are still trying to find more information.