Show 10 0 IA I A m gm W h valor V a I 1 dh d h r A monument to american valor on foreign soil erected by the ancient foes of the republic is the stirring spec facie soon to mark the scene of the b woodiest battle field of the war of 1812 it will commemorate in one common epitaph the cie desperate sperate courage of those who perished fighting for their respective countries at the old tort fort in the suburbs of toronto can ada da by a singular fatality a calamity overtook the republic republics s soldiers on what is now the site of ontario s me tro polis though confronted by inferior numbers moved by the spirit of re which the catastrophe provoked the capital was destroyed ed and events followed that led to more bitterness than all other features of the great conal ct concluding nith w ath the burning of washington by british forces force it is s that the coming tribute to brave americans comes from a peo pie but a few generations removed from the period when these invaders were re bearde addid d as vandals things hae changed much down on the lal e front a ere the magazine of the old tort fort engulfed two hundred and fifty warriors of gen pike with that thit brave american officer still there is much to remind american tourists who frequent the vicinity in large numbers of the tremendous on ts of the republic republics s forces on the fot fo t before the final calamity there are rusty ruty guns the abattis abatgis with ftc sharpened lo los ifs s pointing outward and anward and the great g ave former stood a bastion and where british and american dead lie in one mass just as they were cast from dif ferent parts of the bloody field over this common grave arpad minded ca radians think it fitting that a common granite shaft telling its simple story of brave men dying each for his own country should mark this bit ot of fame fames s eternal camping ground th threshold of the magazine which proved the funeral pyre of gen pike ard many of his men still stands marked by a huge tablet and is the curiosity sought by all american tour aas just within stood the american commander talking to a captive brit or when the explosion came history has failed to determine just how the zine happened to explode per haps a desperate Dri tisher thought to destroy his country s toes foes even though in his dying agony another version is accident the course of events has brought the old fort for which the british and americans fought that day into pos session of the city of toronto the municipal ty has just acquired the site for COO it will be turned into a apri the old scars of the tragic conflict will be wiped out and ameri can to irises who visit the city next summer will see the old relic trans formed into a playground for chit dren the bastion where lie the vie tims of that engagement in the south west corner of the tort fort will be the rn nt from which will rise a granite sha |