Molly Brant - Recognition in Kingston

Recognition in Kingston

On August 25, 1996 the City of Kingston proclaimed Molly Brant Commemoration Day. The Mohawk Nation - Bay of Quinte, the Corporation of the City of Kingston, the City of Kingston Historical Board, Mr. John Boxtel (Molly Brant Sculptor) and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada agreed to commemorate her life with the creation of a bust representing Molly Brant along with an historic monument at the front entrance of Rideaucrest Home on Rideau Street in Kingston. On Molly Brant Commemoration Day the memorial sculpture was unveiled at Rideaucrest. The commemoration began with a service at St. George's Cathedral, a tobacco burning and wreath laying ceremony at St. Paul's Anglican Church and a reception at Rideaucrest where the sculpture of Molly Brant was unveiled in the eastern court yard.

The Molly Brant Foundation was established in 2005 in honour of Molly Brant. It focuses its not-for-profit work on urban Aboriginal research in the Kingston area.

The Molly Brant One Woman Opera, composed by Augusta Cecconi-Bates, was first performed at St. George's Cathedral in Kingston on April 25, 2003 under the aegis Cataraqui Archaeological Research Foundation. It has since evolved into a four act opera which grew out of the original one-woman opera of 2003. The 2003 production was sung by the acclaimed Kingston soprano Rhona Gale, with Carrie Wyatt, flute, and the composer at the piano.