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FOTM Members Attend Muster with Prince Charles

Four members of FOTM were invited by Prime Minister Steven Harper and his wife Laureen, to an 1812 Muster, in the presence of HRH Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, on Tuesday, May 22, in Toronto.  No royal handshakes were forthcoming, but...

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Donors Recognized at Historical Society

Three members of the Kent Historical Society were thanked for their individual donations to the Tecumseh Monument project on Tuesday. Bottles of British Columbia ice wine have been given to us by Terroir Wine and Spirits of Toronto, to use for promotion purposes, and we have decided to give them to individual donors of...

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The Siege of Fort Detroit

The Siege of Detroit took place on August 15-16 in 1812. Sir General Isaac Brock planned to intimidate the American General William Hull into surrendering the fort or to draw him out into an open battle. Both Tecumseh and Brock sought to exploit Hull’s fear of the Indians during the siege and attempted to exaggerate...

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