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Join us on March 2rd, 2025 to commemorate the Battle of Longwoods which was originally fought on March 4th 1814. Arrive at 1:45 p.m. and park carefully.We will remember those injured and killed at the Battle of the Longwoods in 1814.
Battle Hill National Historic Site, 2945 Longwoods Rd, Glencoe, ON N0L 1M0
Organized by the Upper Thames Military Re-enactment Society https://www.royal-scots.com/.
Local organizations and families are encouraged to place a wreath. Call JoAnn Galbraith 5192895954 to put your name on the list. Or arrive early and approach the organizers to add your name and organization to the list.
Photo above: Myeengun Henry, Chippewa of the Thames First Nation explains the significance of wampum, the alliance, and broken promises at previous memorial.
The Story:
The force consisted of two companies of regulars (the light company of the 1st Battalion, the 1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots), numbering 101 men, and the light company of the 2nd Battalion, 89th Regiment of Foot, numbering 45 men), two full-time militia units (the Loyal Kent Volunteers and Caldwell’s Western Rangers, numbering 50 men between them) and 44 Native American warriors (Wyandots and Potawatomis under Sauganash, or Billy Caldwell as he was known to the British). In all, this force numbered about 240 men. The British commander at Delaware, Captain Stewart of the Royal Scots, had not expected action and had gone to confer with Colonel Matthew Elliot of the Essex Militia, so the force was commanded by Captain James Lewis Basden of the 89th.[1]. Source: Wikipedia entry
Co-promoted by the Glencoe & District Historical Society
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Wardsville, Ontario, 1796 Trillium Dr, Southwest Middlesex, ON N0L 2N0, Canada,Newbury, Ontario, Glencoe
