100th anniversary of Easter 1916 Rebellion in Ireland .. one view from Toronto, Canada
Mar 27th, 2016 | By Dominic Berry | Category: Countries of the WorldIn the 1930s the local historian (and private school Latin teacher) Percy Robinson – author of the still invaluable Toronto during the French Regime, 1615—1793 – called Toronto, Ontario, Canada (all North American indigenous words) “the citadel of British sentiment in America.” On a somewhat earlier and more extreme, possibly even exaggerated variation on the […]