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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Foirt Erie Commemoration in 2014-- Part 2: Facts About the Fort

**  Base for British troops, Loyalist Rangers and Iroquois during the American Revolution.

**  Canada's bloodiest field of battle with over 3,000 troops killed and wounded during the Siege of Fort Erie August 3 to September 26, 1814.

**  The major crossing point into Canada of the Underground Railroad 1793-1865.

**  Occupied by the Fenians (Irish Republican Army) during their largest raid in 1866.

**  Visited by Pontiac, General Isaac Brock, General Winfield Scott, Lord and Lady Simcoe, Prince Edward *(future King Edward VII) and Mark Twain.

**  The new visitor center opened July 1, 2011.

--Brock-Perry

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