FENIAN RAID REENACTMENT
Alright you fans of Canadian history, 2006 will mark the 140th anniversary of the first Fenian Raid into Canadian territory.Grant has suggested that we westerners send a contingent out east to...
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Branko,Could you enlighten those of who only know U.S. Histroy and the sum total of our world histroy is limited Sharpes Rifles and Zulu! on DVD.Tell us about Fenians Raid.DD*********Acquiring a...
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No problem Double D, the Fenian Raids certainly are a small event on the scale of world history.Just after the US Civil War many out of service Irish immigrant soldiers joined or were already in the...
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Branko,this would be a great event! Perhaps something could be done-Grant must be organizing some kind of weekend reenactment. I will keep this in mind for summer holidays...Fenian Invasion of...
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Ryan:The article you linked to is a fairly good overall snapshot, but seems to exhibit a bit of anti-British bias, and mild inaccuracy ... (I note that it comes from an "Irish" publication.) It talks...
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Grant,I did not proof read that link very well, it just looked like a good overview when I found it.As far as a reenactment goes, I would surely love that! Of the 3 Canadian soldiers, I'll be the guy...
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Ryan,you are right the Fenian Raids are the last time Canada was invaded in "force" by a hostile power. Because the raids deal with Irish British relations a hot topic still to this day, a lot of the...
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Wasn't the 1870 invasion the one where the Snider-Enfields exchanged lead with the Needham conversion Springfields? Interesting that the Needham was a British invention in the hands of the Irish, and...
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Hmmmm, since you are inviting us Yanks up north, maybe we can get old Longlever to join us......100% Irish that lad is......we might have to travel seperately though, as he takes my Irish jokes to...
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