War of 1812 Beaver Dams Thorold Ontario U.S. Unknown Soldiers Brass Plaque 1920s

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War of 1812 Beaver Dams Thorold Ontario U.S. Unknown Soldiers Brass Plaque 1920s:
$400.00

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GoodCondition. This isan original solid brass historical plaque marking the site of the 16 American War of 1812 Soldiers whowere found during the building of the Welland Canal in Thorold Ontario. These U.S. soldiers were from the Beaver Dams Battle, inColonel Charles Boerstler\'s 14th Infantry,6th, 13th and 23rd U.S. Regiments of Infantry, company of artillery, and 20 U.S. Dragoons. Plaque itself measures 13 x 18\". It likely was from the 1920s or earlier.

I have spend some time researching this plaque, but no one is able to identify when or where it was originally located and the date it was removed. The plaque was found in Kemptville Ontario in 1972 in a garbage dump. It was in3 pieces and the person whodiscovered it mounted onto the wooden board you see in the photos. The plaque is far to heavy to ship, but it can be picked up on either side of the U.S. or Canadian border in Lisbon NY (my location, St. Lawrence County NY), or Cornwall or Kingston Ontario. We can discuss pick up after thesale ends.

National Historic Site of Canada

Beaver Dams represents one of the earliest attempts to create a national historical park. In 1914, a convention of Ontario historical and patriotic groups resolved to ask the Department of the Interior \"to develop a 40-acre site near Thorold as a national battlefield park commemorating the Battle of Beaver Dams.\"

Although Beaver Dams was not made a national park, the Historic Sites and Monuments Boardwas created in 1919 to develop a heritage policy at the federal level for historic sites. In 1921, soon after the Board\'s formation, the Board recommended the designation of the Battle of Beaver Dams site as aNational Historic Site of Canada, one of its earliest selections.

A monument commemorating the battle was dedicated in 1923 and situated on the original site of the event (near the southeast corner of the intersection of Davis Road and Old Thorold Stone Road, approximately 1.4 kilometres (0.87mi) southeast of present-day Thorold), where it was located for several decades. In 1976, this monument (as well as one marking the site where in 1876 during construction of the 3rdWelland Canalthe remains of 16 U.S. soldiers from the battle were uncovered) was subsequently relocated several kilometres to the west when the Battle of Beaverdams [sic] Park was opened and there was talk of constructing a 5th Welland Canal near the battlefield.

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