Henson House at Uncle Tom's Cabin historic site in Dresden July 2015 (Photo courtesy of Steven Cook) Henson House at Uncle Tom's Cabin historic site in Dresden July 2015 (Photo courtesy of Steven Cook)
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CK Celebrates 150 - Dresden

Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site near Dresden is hosting a free event on Canada Day.

Canada Day at the Cabin runs from 11:30 am until 3 pm

"We have a presentation by Marie Carter, it's called "Cultural Diversity at Historic Dawn," says summer student Tayah Clarke. "We'll also have a barbecue cookout, and then uptown jazz and blues concert, with a special performance from the Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whiteley Band, with a special performance from Donovan Locke."

Clarke says people can also check out the rest of the historic site while they are there.

"We have a gallery that has lots of different historic artifacts, but we also have three buildings out back and two cemeteries that people will be able to look at."

For more details on the event and Uncle Tom's Cabin, CLICK HERE.

Canada Day at the Cabin

Dresden Raceway is also holding harness horse racing on Saturday instead of Sunday this week.

Fans can celebrate Canada Day at the track having a piece of the 8ft cake that will be decorated like a Canadian Flag. They will also be doing free giveaways.

Saturday's post time is the usual 1:30pm.

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