Road to Rebellion/Route de la Rébellion

[Road to Rebellion/Route de la Rébellion @roadtorebellion]

It's #CanFilmDay, so I've just got to ask....Have you seen @SamuelLountFilm? Filmed in the Fall in 1984, it stars Canadian icons #RHThompson & #DavidFox & tells the incredible story of the #roadtorebellion through the experience of #SamuelLount. #cdnhist #cdnpoli #onhist #onpoli

[Road to Rebellion/Route de la Rébellion @roadtorebellion]

In 1859, W.L. Mackenzie and other supporters paid to have the remains moved to the Toronto Necropolis and a fifteen foot tall monument was completed to honour them in 1893. #cdnpoli #onpoli #onted #roadtorebellion

[Road to Rebellion/Route de la Rébellion @roadtorebellion]

Samuel Lount was born in Pennsylvania in 1791. He was the eldest son of Gabriel Lount, an English immigrant who came to the US as an indentured servant & Philadelphia Hughes, the direct descendant of two passengers who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620. #roadtorebellion #onted

[Road to Rebellion/Route de la Rébellion @roadtorebellion]

His last recorded words were, “Be of good courage boys, I am not ashamed of anything I’ve done, I trust in God, and I’m going to die like a man.” Lount was hanged as a martyr of the rebellion, and buried in a pauper’s grave in Potters Field. #onted #onpoli #cdnhist

[Road to Rebellion/Route de la Rébellion @roadtorebellion]

I have spoken in the @sharontemplenhs, from the same lectern that LaFontaine & Baldwin once used. It is truly a humbling experience to know that you are walking in the footsteps of such progressive thinkers. - Megan @_meganhouston

[Institute for Canadian Citizenship @forcitizenship_]

Did you know the first laws passed by Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine & Robert Baldwin 171 years ago are the foundation of Canada’s current policies on immigration and citizenship? Learn more: https://t.co/JoG6xjrg7v | @6DegreesTO @JohnRalstonSaul | #cdnhistory #LaFontaineBaldwin

[Road to Rebellion/Route de la Rébellion @roadtorebellion]

#Update - Over 300 individual artifacts, from 17 institutions, 5 private individuals, in 3 countries...
#roadtorebellion #Coming2020 #tohist #onhist #cdnhist @sharontemplenhs