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Officers' Square National Historic Site must be conserved. 230 years of significant military history lies here. Their history is our heritage. Lest we forget.

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Playing ice hockey in Officers' Square (and no heritage harmed...).
From the Madge Smith collection "Hockey being played in Officers' Square during the Second World War. Also good shot of old Officers' Barracks" PANB P120-12-51
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More than 725 men from New Brunswick served in South Africa. Today, G Company, 2RCR is stationed at Base Gagetown in Oromocto." Telegraph Journal, Nov 7, 2014. #paardeberg #boer #military #history #fredericton #newbrunswick #2RCR
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Happy Paardeberg Day! Here's a fantastic photo of 'G' Company who, along with 'H' Company, played a pivotal role winning the battle that saw dozens wounded or dead.
Image: "'G' Company of The Royal Canadian Regiment at Fredericton before they departed for service in South Africa.

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"On 16 February 1813, the first of six of the 104th Regiment’s ten companies, consisting of approximately twenty officers & 550 men left Fredericton on snowshoes pulling toboggans. On 15 March, the regiment arrived in Quebec City &,..."
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after a short period of rest, continued on to Kingston, Ontario. They marched in harsh winter weather some 1,100 km for an average of 54 days, arriving in time to participate in an assault on the key American naval base at Sackets Harbor."

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@infoamfred Will the City be taking meaningful steps to preserve Mary Grannan's house on Brunswick St? Also a Provincial Heritage Place, it is labelled as Significant Heritage by the City?
Winter pic from 2017, summer 2021 showing missing plaque.
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With the 210th anniv. of the 'March of the 104th' coming up on Thurs, here's a couple photos of The Royal Canadian Regiment on snowshoes.
"Soldiers of No. 4 Depot Royal Canadian Regiment 1 Fredericton at the Hermitage Creek gorge. Col. Maunsel is in charge." PANB P5-171 & P5-382

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"This Week in New Brunswick History":
December 24, 1854
"In Fredericton, John Neill and seven associates form New Brunswick’s first curling club, establishing their rink in Officers’ Square."
Image by local artist Dale Carruthers.
#fredericton #heritage #historic #curling #winter

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The City of #Fredericton is so far behind the times when it comes to the preservation of past built & buried heritage of the 13000+ yrs of history in the region.
This is a good article to remind us why it is imp to identify & conserve our significant #archaeology. @NBHeritage

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💗 "For Indigenous communities, community-engaged #archaeology facilitates connecting with their ancestral practices and places. For settlers, it can be a way to imagine the diversity and richness of past lives in the places that they now call home."
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Here's a great image of Officers' Square in 1915 "Lt. Col. W.H. Harrison, officers, NCO's and men, headquarters, No. 1 Section, divisional ammunition column & No. 3 section, ammunition park detail, Second Canadian Division". #LestWeForget From the British Library HS85/10/30188

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Image: "Military Drill at Officers' Square, Fredericton." PANB P132-124
Lest We Forget
#lestweforget #newbrunswick #heritage #destruction

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Remember the soldiers who performed their ceremonial parades in Officers' Square, leaving for 3 wars (War of 1812, South African & First World War) from here, along with supporting the defence of the Empire & security for the city of #Fredericton. Many will not have returned.

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Some of the soldiers that made history and helped to make Fredericton. Lest we forget.
"Royal School of Infantry, A. Company, Fredericton, N.B., c. 1890" LAC 3398081
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trained men for the army in World War One. The Royal Regiment Company stationed in Fredericton had its start as a school corps in 1884 until it was removed in 1912. Ca. 1890s." PANB P5-191

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"Fredericton Infantry School Corps with troops attached for different volunteer units for instruction, Officers' Square. This corps, with others in Canada, were entitled to form the Royal Regiment (Canadian Infantry)..."
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After the Royal Regiment was formed, every member was required to take courses of instruction to enable them to be drill instructors when required. These Royal Regiment men and the men they trained from irregular units enabled Canada to quickly produce great numbers of well-

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"Officers' Square and statue of Lord Beaverbrook in city of Fredericton in New Brunswick Canada"
Bill Brooks Photo.
#heritage #historic #travel #fredericton #acadian #newbrunswick #fredericton #wolastoqey
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For those curious about the ongoing destruction of the heritage in the Military Compound National Historic Site/Wolastoq National Historic Site/Military Compound Provincial Heritage Place/Officers' Square Provincial Heritage Place, here's a few photos.
#fredericton #newbrunswick

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So lush and inviting. Not only was it a true urban oasis, it held some of the most significant early European & Wolastoqey heritage in the city.
Photographer: E. Otto, 1960.
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