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 PRELIMINARY STEPS

The desire to commemorate the centenary of Brock's death-day— October 13th, 1912— took form at a meeting of the United Empire Loyalists' Asso- ciation of Canada, held at Toronto on April 11th, 1912 when, on the motion of Mr. John Stewart ^arstairs, B.A., a committee, consisting of Colonel Kyerson, Lieut.-Colonel W. Hamilton Merritt, Mr J. 6. Carstairs, and Mr. C. E. MacDonald, barris- ter was appointed to draft a suitable programme tor the celebration of " Brock's Day."

This committee submitted the following report

?wt To e, t i Ilg ^ 0f the Ass °ciation held on September -Utn, 1912, Colonel Kyerson presiding:

"Your Committee begs leave to report that as, within their knowledge, no action has been taken by either the Federal or Provincial Government to celebrate the Centenary of the death of Sir Isaac Brock on Sunday, October 13th, 1912, they recom- mend as follows :

^"I 1 ! Th, a }. recom mendations be made to both the * ederal Government and to the Provincial Gov- ernment of Ontario, that in view of the fact that General Brock in June, 1812, found himself at the head of a panic-stricken people in the presence of a powerful invader, and that a few months later, when he fell at Queenston Heights, he left that people united, fearless and invincible, it is believed that there should be a national demonstration that will be m effect only less impressive on the public mind than was the passing away of the man himself at Queenston Heights a hundred years ago.

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