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May 2024

How We Kept Mother’s Day

May 3 @ 11:00 am
Leacock Museum, 50 Museum Dr
Orillia, Ontario L3V 6K5 Canada
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The tradition of celebrating Mother's Day began in 1908. In the early 1900s, Canadian author, Stephen Leacock, observed the idea with a funny short story about a family who takes advantage of the holiday by going fishing while they left their mother at home to enjoy her special day (after doing all of the cooking, cleaning, and preparation for the occasion, of course). Stephen Leacock's real-life mother, Agnes Butler Leacock, was a force to be reckoned with. Agnes's life tells…

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How We Kept Mother’s Day

May 3 @ 2:00 pm
Leacock Museum, 50 Museum Dr
Orillia, Ontario L3V 6K5 Canada
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The tradition of celebrating Mother's Day began in 1908. In the early 1900s, Canadian author, Stephen Leacock, observed the idea with a funny short story about a family who takes advantage of the holiday by going fishing while they left their mother at home to enjoy her special day (after doing all of the cooking, cleaning, and preparation for the occasion, of course). Stephen Leacock's real-life mother, Agnes Butler Leacock, was a force to be reckoned with. Agnes's life tells…

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How We Kept Mother’s Day

May 4 @ 11:00 am
Leacock Museum, 50 Museum Dr
Orillia, Ontario L3V 6K5 Canada
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The tradition of celebrating Mother's Day began in 1908. In the early 1900s, Canadian author, Stephen Leacock, observed the idea with a funny short story about a family who takes advantage of the holiday by going fishing while they left their mother at home to enjoy her special day (after doing all of the cooking, cleaning, and preparation for the occasion, of course). Stephen Leacock's real-life mother, Agnes Butler Leacock, was a force to be reckoned with. Agnes's life tells…

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How We Kept Mother’s Day

May 4 @ 2:00 pm
Leacock Museum, 50 Museum Dr
Orillia, Ontario L3V 6K5 Canada
+ Google Map

The tradition of celebrating Mother's Day began in 1908. In the early 1900s, Canadian author, Stephen Leacock, observed the idea with a funny short story about a family who takes advantage of the holiday by going fishing while they left their mother at home to enjoy her special day (after doing all of the cooking, cleaning, and preparation for the occasion, of course). Stephen Leacock's real-life mother, Agnes Butler Leacock, was a force to be reckoned with. Agnes's life tells…

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