CNHS - Major John Richardson - Amherstburg, Ontario
N 42° 06.481 W 083° 06.740
17T E 325353 N 4663928
Located inside Fort Malden at 100 Laird Ave, Amherstburg, Ontario
Waymark Code: WMEXGD
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/18/2012
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The plaque is located in a small garden to the left when leaving the Visitor Orientation Centre.
Plaque Text
Born at Queenston in Upper Canada, John Richardson served as a volunteer at Fort Malden during the War of 1812 and was taken prisoner by the Americans at Moraviantown. He was released at war's end, retired on half-pay in 1818, and spent most of the next 20 years in Europe. There he won a certain literary reputation with works such as the poem Techumseh and Wacousta, a historical novel. Returning to Canada as a journalist, he founded the New Era in Brockville where, in 1842, he published his history, The War of 1812. Financial success eluded him, and before 1850 he moved to New York where he died in poverty.
Classification: National Historic Person
Province or Territory: Ontario
Location - City name/Town name: 100 Laird Ave, Amherstburg, Ontario
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: Not listed
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