The 200th anniversary to the day of the Battle of York, 27 April 1813, was marked by an impressive stream of events starting at dawn that ended in the evening. It came off without a hitch and attracted record crowds. Peerless weather prevailed, the kind that was called ‘Queen’s weather’ in the 19th century, with cloudless skies and perfect spring temperatures.
The Friends of Fort York would like to thank everyone who made 27 April 2013 a very special day. The many hundreds who turned out for the Sunrise Ceremony and 5 km trek from the American invaders’ landing place to Fort York. The thousands who watched HRH Prince Philip present a new colour to the Royal Canadian Regiment at Queen’s Park or who lined the route from there to Fort York as 1500 soldiers and sailors accompanied by fourteen bands paraded by. And the more than 7000 people who crowded into Fort York to join in impressive ceremonies involving the Lieutenant-Governor and other dignitaries, First Nations leaders and people, military re-enactors and current armed forces personnel.
Particularly, we would like to thank those who put the commemorations together, notably the First Nations, men and women of the armed services, Sandra Shaul, David O’Hara, and the staff and volunteers at Fort York.
We’ve made an album of some of the best pictures taken on April 27 by several photographers. Captioned and credited, they can be seen here https://picasaweb.google.com/strataconsulting/BattleOfYorkBicentennial?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCOzG2L3u0N6_wwE&feat=directlink. Also, a number of good photos appear on a DND-sponsored Flickr site http://www.flickr.com/photos/lfca_multimedia/8686776006/in/photostream/
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