The following story is told by the builder of the marker, John Wiens. The marker was constructed in the year 2000. The Stones The story of the stones is not a singular story; it is a plural story. The historical marker has as many stories in it as it has stones, perhaps many more. What […]
Torch Bearer
Mennonite Footprints is intended to show the cultural practices that Mennonites have engaged in for ages. Those who continue to perform them are the torch bearers. The customs that fall beside the way become our footprints. This picture is that of a real torch bearer helping to carry the Olympic torch across the nation. The […]
Pelee Island Footprints
Perhaps nowhere else is the word Footprints more apt than in the case of Mennonite history on Pelee Island. For a brief time, these Mennonite families were part of the life of Pelee Island. They lived there, raised their families, sent their children to school on the island, made their living on the land and called […]