page_title: Battle of Eccles Hill
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Eccles Hill / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: Plate on the back of the monument at Eccles Hill at the place where the Fenians were defeated
context_page_description: The Battle of Eccles Hill or was part of a raid into Canadian territory from the United States led by John O'Neill of the Fenian Brotherhood. In 1870, the Fenians crossed the just south of the Canada-United States border and proceeded to the top of Eccles Hil where they were confronted by members of the Canadian home guard and volunteers. This conflict was initiated by a group of Irish patriots exiled to the United States to start a revolutionary movement for Ireland's independence. The army of the Fenian Brotherhood was overwhelmed by local militia units and armed citizens on May 25, 1870. They were compelled to abandon what was anticipated to have been a " glorious victory " for the Fenians.
context_section_description: Eccles Hill Road, Frelighsburg, Quebec. Where Canadian Volunteers and Home Guards resisted the Fenian raiders – on 25th May 1870. The site of the granite monument was celebrated close to the battlefield and where the Canadians held their positions. However, even knowing that the true battle took place just south of the Canada–United States border. They established it in Canadian soil as to give national sense of pride. On 1st July 1902, more than three decades after the battle, under the liberal government leader Wilfrid Laurier, in collaboration with the Missisquoi Historical Society, a granite monument was placed to commemorate the battle and the people who fought in it.  On its inaugural day, many spectators participating in the event wore red scarves to honour the veterans present. This was because during the battle many of the Canadians didn't have a uniform, therefore they wore bright red scarves over their shoulders. Many of these bright red streamers were placed in the bushes along the road to guide the more than a hundred guests towards Eccles Hill
  Brome-Missisquoi veteran soldiers from the Missisquoi 60th battalion proudly wore their new commemorative military medals engraved with the Fenian Raids of 1866–1870 inscription. In fact, after thirty years since the end of the Battle Of Eccles hill, the Canadian authorities decided to decorate all veterans who participated in pushing back the Fenian invasion. Thanks to the incorporated registry constituted in 1866 and 1870, today, we know who was part of the Volunteer Canadian militia.
caption: Monument erected in 1902 by the federal government under the supervision of the Missisquoi Historical Society
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