Quote Originally Posted by McClef View Post
Here are links to a couple of photos that are a memorial of that war from the Niagara region.


http://www.fotothing.com/cleftref/ph...91c9b677fb002/

http://www.fotothing.com/cleftref/photo/23/

http://www.fotothing.com/cleftref/ph...c717edf827511/
Thanks for the photos, Brock's Monument at the site of the Battle of Queeston Heights is an icon of Canadian history. Brock's name is known to every Canadian schoolchild as the saviour of Upper Canada for his bold action and decisiveness in the face of the American invasion. He was a General in the regular British army but the story of Queenston Heights has a Scottish connection as well. Brock was killed early in the battle during an assault on the American position o the Heights. Battlefield command fell to his Aid-De-Camp John Macdonell who though born in Scotland, emigrated to Canada as a small boy, and led Canadian militia units. He was later also killed in the battle after a brave assault on fortified American positions. While Brock's name is associated with countless roads, schools, public buildings even a University across Canada, sadly Macdonell is not remembered, though he is also buried at the base of the monument with Brock.

However, his story is not un-sung as the folk singer Stan Rogers remembered him in his song MacDonell on the Heights in which the chorus laments "not one in ten thousand knows your name".