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 […]
"Footprints" Archive
The posts below include examples of traditional Mennonite culture as it exists in Essex and Kent counties and how Mennonites have influenced this community.
Fashion Show: What did they wear?
What did they wear? The intent of the Fashion Show held on Sept.25, 2009 was twofold: 1. to reveal the keen interest of Mennonite women in clothes 2. to contrast the white wedding gowns worn in recent times with the black gowns of earlier days. The show that was held on Sept. 25, 2009 was […]
About Our Footprints
Footprints…what are footprints? When I hear this word I see the poem “Footprints”, in my mind, or other footprints along the beach disappearing when the waves wash over them, or many footprints in the snow where children have been playing and which disappear with new snowflurries. Here, at this place, we have decided that the posts […]
