Terry Thomas, president of Woodstock Rotary of New Brunswick Canada is photographed here with Leigh Cummings of the Houlton Rotary Club, receiving a gift of a framed map of the area. The program on January 12, 2015 marked the 200th anniversary of the “Battle of Houlton”. Rotarians from the Woodstock club and the Houlton club gathered together in fellowship enjoying a terrific dinner at the Episcopal Church in Houlton followed by a program presented by Leigh Cummings. The guest speaker, Gary Campbell, whose book on the topic was being presented, canceled for the weather conditions. Leigh read Gary’s comments. Two hundred years ago to the day, the British marched into Houlton and made the residents take an oath not to take up arms against the British or they should depart for lands west of the Penobscot River as the British owned the land east of the Penobscot River. No weapons were found in the community and no one took up opposition to the British. No other conflict arose after this. The “twin” Rotary groups enjoyed getting to better acquainted and look forward to future cooperative events. Maple cream cookies were shared by the Woodstock Rotarians which rivaled the lemon cake dessert presented by the Houlton Rotarians. Good humor was felt by all present, a nice event on a snowy evening.