Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon Drummond - Niagara Falls, ON, Canada
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A monument with an equestrian statue of Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon Drummond, in Drummond Hill Cemetery, in the Lundy's Lane Battlefield Park, has a plaque that describes the defense of Lundy's Lane during the War of 1812.
Waymark Code: WMMH44
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 09/21/2014
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The plaque on the monument describes the events of the Battle of Lundy's Lane, the bloodiest battle of the War of 1812. It is inscribed:
HOLDING THE HIGH GROUND
EARLY IN THE MORNING OF JULY 26TH 1814
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR GORDON DRUMMOND AWAITED
ANOTHER ATTACK ON THE LUNDY'S LANE HILL NEAR
NIAGARA FALLS. THROUGHOUT THE PREVIOUS NIGHT,
THIS HILL HAS BEEN TAKEN AND RETAKEN IN THE
BLOODIEST, MOST HARD FOUGHT BATTLE OF THE WAR
OF 1812-14.
THE EXPECTED ATTACK DID NOT OCCUR, THE AMERICANS,
EXHAUSTED WITHDREW TO FORT ERIE. IN NOVEMBER,
THEY ABANDONED FORT ERIE AND RETIRED ACROSS THE
NIAGARA RIVER
DRUMMOND AND HIS TROOPS HAS SUCCESSFULLY
MAINTAINED BRITISH SOVEREIGNTY IN THE NIAGARA
PENINSULA.
THE NIAGARA PARKS COMMISSION/1989 RALPH SKETCH/SCULPTOR
Date Erected/Dedicated: 1989
Who put it there? Private/Government?: Niagara Parks Commission
Location/Address:
Drummond Hill Cemetery
Lundy's Lane Battlefield Park
Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada
County/Province: Ontario
Website (related) if available: [Web Link]
Hours or Restrictions if Appropiate: From: 6:00 AM To: 9:00 PM
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