Author of the article: Ian MacAlpine
Publishing date: Apr 13, 2021 • 20 minutes ago • 5 minute read David St. Onge stands in the hallway between Kingston Penitentiary s recreation Hall and the main dome area on Friday, April 7, 2021, where many of the events of the April 1971 Kingston Penitentiary riot took place. Photo by Ian MacAlpine /The Whig-Standard
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During a private tour of Kingston Penitentiary just five days shy of the 50th anniversary of the infamous riot of April 14-18, 1971, David St. Onge, curator of Canada’s Penitentiary Museum, and I retraced the steps of the inmates who took part in the deadly uprising.
Visiting Kingston Penitentiary 50 years after the riot
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Terry Decker is a veteran of the Vietnam era, guild President Barbara McCormack said.
âOur mission is to give every veteran in the county, whether he served in the country or overseas, an honor quilt,â she said.
The guild usually makes the presentation at a luncheon or similar get-together, McCormack said. However, this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the members chose to make the presentation individually.
Making the presentation was Deckerâs sister, Davise McFetridge, and her daughter, Larrisa Barnhart.
âWeâre just now in the Vietnam era,â she said. âIt took a long time to get through World War II.â