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Article: Remembering Joseph Brant's 200th.
- Article from:
- The Loyalist Gazette
- Article date:
- March 22, 2008
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The following headlines appeared two days after the 200th anniversary of Brant's death on 24 November 2007: "One Man's Tribute to Joseph Brant' in The Brantford Expositor, and "Colonel Butler offers salute of thanks to Brant" in the Six Nations newspaper, The Tekawennake.
My son, Tyler Misiak, carried the Ranger Regimental Colours, accompanying me to the Mohawk Chapel. On the west side very close to the church wall lies Joseph Brant and his son. Surrounded by trees, bushes and enclosed within an iron fence the concrete mould of his tomb rests peacefully. Tyler and I stood for a moment not really sure what to do. I started to speak, pausing quite a few times ...