November 2022 Gettysburg National Military Park, near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is an open-air museum that preserves and tells the story of the pivotal battle fought during the American Civil War. Located at the actual battle site, the story of the battle, fought from 1 – 3 July 1863, is told using historical plaques, commemorative monuments to …
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November 2022 The Canadian province of Ontario has numerous former British Army forts, preserved as National Historic Sites, that celebrate and depict the early days of British North America. While the Town of Amherstburg, at the south-western tip of Ontario, has one such historic fort, Fort Malden, there is also a small park along the …
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October 2022 Fort Wellington National Historic Site is a historic military fortification, situated along the St. Lawrence River, in Prescott, Ontario, that once made-up part of the defence of British North America. Built towards the end of the War of 1812, when American forces attempted to take control of the British colonies of Upper and Lower …
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October 2022 Joel Stone Park, in the southern Ontario town of Ganonoque, is named in honour of the United Empire Loyalist and Militia officer who founded the town in 1789. Born in Guilford, Connecticut in 1749, Stone was given a 700-acre land grant in reward for his service to the British crown during the American …
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October 2022 A once grand house in the southern Ontario Township of Aldborough, south-west of London, is perhaps the most photographed house in Canada, but its days appear to be numbered. The heavily-weathered boards that enclose the house are deteriorating to such a degree that the east-side of the house is partially collapsed. Once covered …
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October 2022 Down at the end of a closed road, a series of ghostly-looking empty buildings sit silently crumbling and slowly being consumed by the elements and wildly growing vegetation. This collection of buildings once played an important role in the defence of North America. Formerly known as Brookfield Air Force Station, the U.S. Air …
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October 2022 The lighthouse on the shore of the St. Lawrence River in Prescott, Ontario, stands a 60-foot-tall stone lighthouse tower, formerly a grist mill windmill, that played a role in the struggle between the “Family Compact” and the “Reformers” for control of the British colony of Upper Canada in the late 1830s. Known as …
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September 2022 Now that Toronto Police Constable Andrew Hong, viciously murdered in the line of duty, has been laid to rest after a full regimental police funeral, it’s a more appropriate time to address a very touchy and controversial subject: recognizing and honouring police and peace officers who die by suicide related to their service. …
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September 2022 The Central Park Carousel, known officially the Michael Friedsam Memorial Carousel, is a vintage carousel built by Solomon Stein and Harry Goldstein in 1908. It’s one of the largest merry-go-rounds in the United States, with 57 hand-carved horses (52 jumpers and 5 standers) and two chariots. Originally inside the trolley terminal at Coney Island, the …
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September 2022 The Battle of Chippawa The Battle of Chippawa National Historic Site, along the Niagara River in Niagara Falls, Ontario, pays tribute to the British Forces, their American opponents and Aboriginal allies on both sides, who fought and died in the battle that would be part of the last major American invasion of Upper …
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