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Mennonite Heritage Portrait

The Mennonite Heritage Portrait is about you.

It's about you if you are personally connected to Mennonite heritage and culture.
It's about you if you are a student of history international history, Canadian history, or the detailed history of Waterloo Region.
It's about you if you are a visitor or tourist in southwestern Ontario.
It's about you if you are engaged in genealogy, cuisine, or music.
It's about you if you are interested in architecture and historical buildings.
It's about you if you are interested in helping to create one of the most interactive and exciting online heritage archives.

The concept of "the meeting place" has long been at the heart of communication, education and cooperation among the groups known ...

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Milo's Mission

When I joined MEDA in 1985 Milo Shantz had recently concluded 10 years as board chair. I've liked to think that one of his final wise acts was to approve my hiring. Shortly afterward, president Neil Janzen remarked that Milo was Exhibit A when it came to melding business with Anabaptist principles. I soon understood what Neil meant. What follows is based on various interviews over the years. Milo Shantz ambled up the stairs with more speed than you'd expect of someone who was then nearing 70. The third floor attic of his heritage home in St. Jacobs, Ontario, was his personal office, complete with fax, computer and telephone. He ducked nimbly into one of the dormer cubbyholes and studied ...

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