Monday, November 13, 2017

Tecumseh Plaque

A plaque commemorating Tecumseh, mounted on a large rock, occupies a location just west of the parking lot for Upper Canada Village, south of County Road 2.




TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF
TECUMSEH
"FLYING STAR"
1768-1813

A SHAWNEE WHO DREAMED OF UNITING
THE INDIAN NATIONS,
HE WAS RENOWNED FOR HIS COURAGE,
COMPASSION AND ELOQUENCE,
FRIEND AND ALLY OF GENERAL SIR ISAAC BROCK
TECUMSEH WAS COMMISSIONED
A BRIGADIER-GENERAL BY THE BRITISH
AND WAS KILLED
IN THE BATTLE OF THE THAMES
OCTOBER 5TH 1813

ERECTED BY
THE ONTARIO - ST. LAWRENCE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
JULY 1963