Stories of 1812

On this Canada Day, Marinus talks to retired Professor of History and Author Dr Wesley Turner, on the Life, Career and Death of Sir Isaac Brock, the Hero of Upper Canada, who led British “Redcoat” Regulars, Canadian Militia and Indigenous forces against American Invasion in the Fall of 1812.  Brock was born in Guernsey in the Channel Islands in 1769 ...

This week Donald E Graves, Canada’s foremost historian on the War of 1812, tells the story of two junior officers during the conflict, William J Worth, an American, and John LeCouteur, a British soldier from the island of Jersey. William J Worth (1794-1849) was an American officer during the War of 1812, the Second Seminole War, and the Mexican–American War.  ...

This week our guest is Zig Misiak, Author, Army Veteran and friend of the Six Nations.  They talk about the origin and development of the Six Nations Reserve along the Grand River and their participation in the War of 1812.  They focus on their differences in supporting the British in the War and the support of some Six Nations for ...

This week Marinus and Peter Meyler, local historian from Orangeville Ontario, discuss the remarkable life of Richard Pierpoint (1744–1838), a black slave who was abducted from his home in Senegal at the age of 16.  He fought with the British in Butler’s Rangers during the American Revolutionary War and then in the War of 1812 in Upper Canada.  When Butler’s ...

This week Donald E Graves, Canada’s foremost historian on the War of 1812, sets the historical record straight on Joseph Willcocks.   Graves covers his early election to the Upper Canada Legislative Assembly in 1807 and Willcocks’ formation of a group of MPPs who opposed measures put forth by the then President, General Isaac Brock.  He follows Willcocks’ desertion to the Americans ...

This week Marinus talks with Mayor Jim Diodati of Niagara Falls, Canada.  They discuss the legacy of the War of 1812 for his city, the need to preserve that legacy and how that legacy has shaped the relations of two great nations today. Jim tells the story of how he led efforts to construct a huge steel sign to commemorate ...