About Anne Martin
Since the mid 1970s, producer/host, Anne Martin, has been bringing stories to life through the medium of television. She thrives on tracking down the unusual and her work has encompassed history, geology, heritage and a positive outlook on the world around us. Read more about Anne Martin.
Tag Archives: American
Malta – The Island Fortress
The archipelago of Malta lies midway between North Africa and Sicily, a location that gave the islands great strategic importance and resulted in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Allied operations, American, Arabs, architecture, armour, Australia, baroque, Battle of Allamein, British, Canadian, Clyde, Crusaders, Eye of Osiris, Germans, Ghar Dalam, glass, Gozo, Grand Harbour, Hagar Qim, Halifax, Hypogeum, Italians, Knights of Malta, lace, Lascaris War Rooms, luzzus, Malta, Marsaxlokk, Mdina, medieval, Mediterranean, megalithic temples, New Zealand, Phoenicians, pigmy elephants, pre-historic temple culture, pyramids, Romans, St. John’s Co-Cathedral, tapestries, Texas, Valletta, world war 2
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1812 – Part 18: Aftermath — Military Settlements
The British Government has run out of money and rather than have the soldiers who have fought in the War of 1812 return home, … Continue reading
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Tagged 100th Regiment, American, Blockhouse, British veterans, ByTown, ByWard Market, Captain Burke, Chippewa, Clyde, Court House, Duke of Richmond, Fenian Raids, Garrison Church, Goulbourn Township, Governor General, Immigrant policies, Irish, Lanark, Loyalists, Lt Roderick Matheson, McMartin House, Merrickville, Military Settlement, militia, museum, Ottawa, Perth, Perth Town Hall, Rideau Canal, Sam Jakes Inn, Scots, St. James, standing army, Tay Canal, UNESCO, Upper Canada, War of 1812
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1812: Part 13 – The Final Days of War at Fort Erie
For six weeks in the late summer of 1814 Fort Erie has the unenviable distinction of becoming Canada’s bloodiest battlefield.
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Tagged American, battlefield, black powder, British, Buffalo, Canada, Chippawa, First Nations, Fort Erie, Hudson's Bay Company, Light Infantry, militia, Niagara, nurses, Ontario, Surgeons, traders, War of 1812, wives
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1812 – Part 12: The Siege of Fort Erie
Re-enactors portray the wives, nurses, surgeons, soldiers, suttlers, natives and officers who participated in the Siege of Fort Erie and tell some of the … Continue reading
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Tagged American, battlefield, British, Buffalo, Canada, Chippawa, First Nations, Fort Erie, Hudson's Bay Company, light infrantry, militia, Niagara, Ontario, traders, War of 1812, wives, women
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