Trent Valley Archives (TVA) presents its last walking tour of the season, Honouring our Military History, Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2 p.m., fittingly just before Remembrance Day.

Led by historian Don Wilcock, this tour of Little Lake Cemetery features stories of Peterborough residents who served their country and community during wartime.

You will hear about Colonel John Wesley Miller and the American Civil War, Colonel Alexander McDonell from the War of 1812, Harry and Heber Rogers from the First World War, Agnes Campbell Neill from the Second World War, and others.

“Colonel John Wesley Miller enlisted in the American Civil War in 1861 under his brother’s name (J.W. was underage) and was captured in the Battle of Gettysburg. Colonel Miller later signed up with the Peterborough Rifles to offset the Fenian threat to Canada. Others such as Colonel Alexander McDonell, served in the War of 1812 at Sackett’s Harbor, New York. McDonnell was instrumental in the settlement of Peter Robinson’s Irish settlers and also served in the Ontario legislature, raising troops to put down the Rebellion of 1837,” reads a press release for the event.

“Don will relate the story of Agnes........

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