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Dressed as William of orange, Constable Maurice Clarke prepared to lead today's Orange Walk, celebrating the 281st anniversary of the Battle of the Bo(...)
Dressed as William of orange, Constable Maurice Clarke prepared to lead today's Orange Walk, celebrating the 281st anniversary of the Battle of the Bo(...)

Dressed as William of orange, Constable Maurice Clarke prepared to lead today's Orange Walk, celebrating the 281st anniversary of the Battle of the Bo(...)

Date7/10/1971
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  • Dressed as William of orange; Constable Maurice Clarke prepared to lead today's Orange Walk; celebrating the 281st anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne; in which Protestant William defeated James II; Britain's last Roman Catholic monarch. Today's also the 150th anniversary of the first Toronto Orange Walk.
  • Dressed as William of orange, Constable Maurice Clarke prepared to lead today's Orange Walk, celebrating the 281st anniversary of the Battle of the Bo(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Dressed as William of orange; Constable Maurice Clarke prepared to lead today's Orange Walk; celebrating the 281st anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne; in which Protestant William defeated James II; Britain's last Roman Catholic monarch. Today's also the 150th anniversary of the first Toronto Orange Walk.
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      A King and his steed, This year's King Billy in the traditional Orange Parade, Maurice Clarke, prepared to mount his white horse, Chieftain. Keep Cana(...)
      A King and his steed, This year's King Billy in the traditional Orange Parade, Maurice Clarke, prepared to mount his white horse, Chieftain. Keep Cana(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      7/12/1969
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      Slaughter, Mike
      7/5/1980
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      Beaty, Keith
      7/12/1986
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      Goode, Jeff
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      Griffin, Doug
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      Turners celebrate: Liberal leader John Turner and his wife, Geills, cut a giant cake prepared for them by Villa Colombo in North York during a party celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary
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      Slaughter, Mike
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      The junior Orange queen, Mayor William Dennison crowns the junior Orange queen, Lori Howe, 16, a student at Eastern High School of Commerce, at a dinn(...)
      The junior Orange queen, Mayor William Dennison crowns the junior Orange queen, Lori Howe, 16, a student at Eastern High School of Commerce, at a dinn(...)
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      Griffin, Doug
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      Eglinton, Rick
      3/21/1991
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      B.T. Albro
      1854