From “The London Free Press and Daily Western Advertiser” June 11, 1866.As was seen in part one of the “Home Guard” the boys are fully trained and ready to go.Corner of Dundas and Richmond Streets, under a gas lamp, 3 am.“To the Captain commanding Home Guards - Formed my troops in square of the rendezyous . Told them London expected every man to do his duty. Threw out skirmishers into the back yards and dark doorways. Marched with the main body under my own immediate command up Richmond Street t
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This excerpt from “The London Free Press and Daily Western Advertiser” June 11, 1866. It reads to a 21st century critic as if it was straight out of Monty Python. It’s ofnone man’s tale of service in the London, Ontario, Home Guard during the Fenian Raids. In fact, just after as the Battle of Ridgeway is over, and at this point, most of the Fenians that fought at Ridgeway are in the custody of the U.S. Army.“I’ve joined the Home Guard, Sir, Editor, I would have volunteered and gone to the front
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One hundred years is a long time and when you think about it the changes have been nothing short of amazing. I often hear people criticize the decisions and the actions of people in the past often by using the moral values of today. Yet our ancestors were the ones who built this country. I find that pursuing genealogical research is also a look into our own history. Perhaps also with a better understanding of how they thought.London, Ontario, is situated roughly half way between Detroit and Toro
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