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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

New Monument Pays Tribute to War Chief Tecumseh

From the October 5, 2015, Chatham (Canada) Daily News "Monument pays tribute to war chief who died October 3, 1813, at Battle of the Thames" by David Gough.

It was unveiled October 5 at Walpole Island on Veterans monument.  It has been planned for 80 years.

Tecumseh was a war chief, orator and statesman and didn't like the United States because of what that country was doing to Indian lands.  Today, his monument faces the United States across the St. Clair River.

His remains became available in the 1930s and Walpole Island veterans raised funds to construct a cairn for them.  Those remains were placed in it in 1940.

--Brock-Perry

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