Charles-michel de salaberry biography of donald
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The War Against Public Forgetfulness: Commemorating 1812 in Canada
- Michael Eamon (Catherine Parr Trail College, Trent University, Canada)
Abstract
In October 2011, the Government of Canada began a two-year, nation-wide celebration of the bicentenary of the War of 1812. The widely-criticized initiative returned the public eye to a traditional ‘interpretive tableau’ of war heroes, namely Isaac Brock, Tecumseh, Charles de Salaberry and Laura Secord. While the scope and expense of the federal government’s efforts have been unprecedented, the political battle to maintain certain memories of the War is one that fryst vatten not new. A struggle against the forgetfulness of Canadians, and particularly ung Canadians, has animated commemorations of the War for almost two centuries. Looking at a selection of past commemorative efforts this essay explores how the inertia of a traditional tableau of heroes has tended to overshadow other narratives and newer interpret•
De Salaberry: A Canadian-born hero of the War of 1812
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Tom VillemairePublished Aug 02, 2012 • Last updated Aug 02, 2012 • 3 minute read
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Like father, like son. And then some.
Ignace de Salaberry, from a French-Canadian family with a long history of military service, joined the British Army and was a proud member of the 44th Regiment. So it was no surprise that’s the regiment his son joined — at the age of 14.
Eventually, Charles-Michel de Salaberry changed to the 60th Regiment and saw action in the West Indies (where he was recognized for bravery) and Belgium. He became a captain-lieutenant in 1799 and was given a company command in 1803.
By 1810 he had been recalled to Canada as a lieutenant-colonel and aide-de-camp to Maj.- Gen. Francis de Rottenburg. In 1812, just before the war, de Salaberry was a given a new command — as chief of
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Land War – Lower Canada
This extract from the biography of Charles-Michel d’IRUMBERRY DE SALABERRY captures the importance of the only major battle fought in Lower Canada:
“From that time, the battle of Châteauguay took on a legendary character and became a source of popular pride: the Canadians, commanded by one of their own, had displayed their bravery, their military capacity, and their loyalty in repelling the Americans.”
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PREVOST, Sir GEORGE
BRUYERES, RALPH HENRY
BOUCHER DE BOUCHERVILLE, THOMAS-RENÉ-VERCHÈRES (baptized René-Thomas)
MACPHERSON, DONALD
IRUMBERRY DE SALABERRY, CHARLES-MICHEL D’
DUCHARME, DOMINIQUE (baptized François)
BECKWITH, Sir THOMAS SYDNEY
VIGER, JACQUES
HERTEL DE ROUVILLE, JEAN-BAPTISTE-RENÉ
LAMOTHE, JOSEPH-MAURICE (baptized Maurice-Joseph)
TASCHEREAU, THOMAS-PIERRE-JOSEPH
JUCHEREAU DUCHESNAY, MICHEL-LOUIS
LAROCQUE (LaRocque), FRANÇOIS-ANTOINE
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