MAY 23RD, 1864: By 1812, roughly one half of the inhabitants of Upper Canada were American born. Many openly supported invading Americans and a few took up arms against the King forming a treasonous regiment, "The Canadian Volunteers," led by three former members of the Legislative Assembly.
Nineteen men from the London and Niagara districts were tried for treason at the Ancaster "Bloody" Assize. Four were acquitted, and fifteen sentenced to death.
Eight men were executed on 20 July 1814, at Burlington Heights, Upper Canada. The men were hanged and then beheaded.
Seven convicted traitors were reprieved and of these, three died in jail. Three were banished and one escaped.
Thirty traitors serving with the Americans were also convicted and their property seized.
Not a Glorious Part of the War. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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