Au cimetière Elmwood de Sherbrooke (fondé en 1890), un monument funéraire a attiré mon attention. Sur une de ses faces, il est écrit:
Thomas Davis
Sommersetshire England
Died February 26 1884
Age 26 years
from the effects of injuries recd [received]
on the [head while] on duty
Eaton Corner is one of the oldest settlements in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Settlement began in the 1790s. Both Loyalists and Patriots from the United States were the first non-native settlers in the Townships. They had been each other's enemies a few years before, but in the Townships they prospered together.
Eaton Corner and its surrounding countryside have remained essentially unchanged for over a hundred and fifty years. All but two of the village's thirty buildings were constructed in the 1800s. Four of them have been classified as historic sites.
“With the reduction of Montreal, a demand will be made upon the United States for a formal recognition of Canada, whose name will be changed at once to New Ireland."
--The Fenian Manifesto
