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Hello,
I live in Nova Scotia Canada. During the war of 1812 American prisoners of war were interned on Melville island located on the outer edge of the harbour of the capital city of Halifax. During that time some 200 American prisoners died and were buried in unmarked graves on near by Dead Mans island. Yesterday military personal from the United States and Canada marked Memorial Day with a ceremony commemorating the war of 1812 and the Treaty of Ghent signed 1814 that ended it.
Besides collecting Phonographs I also do some re-enacting. I am a member of the Kings Orange Rangers. a British Military unit raised in Orange county New York in 1776. The unit saw action in that area before being transferred to Nova Scotia to protect the coastal towns from the marauding American privateers. In the picture I am the second Redcoat from the right.
Pete
Ceremony at Dead Mans Island.
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Re: Ceremony at Dead Mans Island.
Sorry, I had meant to add this to the existing thread on Memorial Day.
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Re: Ceremony at Dead Mans Island.
At 78, looking back, it makes one wonder why and for whom are all wars fought. It's always a tragic loss of a lot of fine men.
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Re: Ceremony at Dead Mans Island.
Hi Pete. Thanks for posting those pictures and the history that went with it.
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Re: Ceremony at Dead Mans Island.
One of these days, I need to make it up to Ontario for United Empire Loyalists Day, since several of my ancestors were Loyalists in the Revolution... The pics are great.
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Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Re: Ceremony at Dead Mans Island.
Pete, congrats for those uniforms, they look excellently made! 
I also happen to be an XVIIIth century reenactor, aside from being a gramophone enthusiast. I'm posting a pair of pictures in return.
In the first I am at the Staffarda Battle reenactment in 2012, while defending an artillery piece from a blitz of the enemies. I wear the Rehbinder Alemannic Infantry Regiment red and blue uniform, and I'm surrounded by fellows of the Kalbermatten Swiss Infantry Regiment in blue and yellow uniform.
The second picture, although not being a great photography, is one I'm very proud of. It's me leading the Italian delegation in the great parade and tattoo that ended the General Rapport of the Union of the European Historical Military Groups, held in Mautern on the Danube (Austria) in 2012. I happen to be Liason Officer for this important organization.
I also happen to be an XVIIIth century reenactor, aside from being a gramophone enthusiast. I'm posting a pair of pictures in return.
In the first I am at the Staffarda Battle reenactment in 2012, while defending an artillery piece from a blitz of the enemies. I wear the Rehbinder Alemannic Infantry Regiment red and blue uniform, and I'm surrounded by fellows of the Kalbermatten Swiss Infantry Regiment in blue and yellow uniform.
The second picture, although not being a great photography, is one I'm very proud of. It's me leading the Italian delegation in the great parade and tattoo that ended the General Rapport of the Union of the European Historical Military Groups, held in Mautern on the Danube (Austria) in 2012. I happen to be Liason Officer for this important organization.
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