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Musket escapes
fiery end; finds a
home at Stoney
Creek Battlefield
House Museum
HAMILTON - The musket turned
over to police for destruction has
been spared, and will be donated
to a Hamilton area museum.
"We are absolutely thrilled to have
been chosen to accept this historic
artifact," Susan Ramsay, curator of
Stoney Creek Battlefield House
Museum, told the Hamilton
Spectator.
The musket, which is now in the
museum's possession, is reported
to be in extremely good condition.
The public will get its first chance
to see it on June 3, 2006 - the
date the museum is celebrating its
25th anniversary of the
re-enactment of the Battle of
Stoney Creek.
The gun's owner turned in the
Brown Bess musket during a gun
amnesty program in Hamilton. The
Spectator sparked interest in the
musket when it sent images of it
to the Canadian War Museum in
Ottawa. The War Museum was
very keen for it not to be
destroyed. After being contacted
by police, the owner agreed to
donate it to a local museum.
"This is exciting because maybe
somebody stood on the line with it
and whaled away at the
Americans," James Elliott, who has
written several books on the War
of 1812 battles, told the Spectator.
fiery end; finds a
home at Stoney
Creek Battlefield
House Museum
HAMILTON - The musket turned
over to police for destruction has
been spared, and will be donated
to a Hamilton area museum.
"We are absolutely thrilled to have
been chosen to accept this historic
artifact," Susan Ramsay, curator of
Stoney Creek Battlefield House
Museum, told the Hamilton
Spectator.
The musket, which is now in the
museum's possession, is reported
to be in extremely good condition.
The public will get its first chance
to see it on June 3, 2006 - the
date the museum is celebrating its
25th anniversary of the
re-enactment of the Battle of
Stoney Creek.
The gun's owner turned in the
Brown Bess musket during a gun
amnesty program in Hamilton. The
Spectator sparked interest in the
musket when it sent images of it
to the Canadian War Museum in
Ottawa. The War Museum was
very keen for it not to be
destroyed. After being contacted
by police, the owner agreed to
donate it to a local museum.
"This is exciting because maybe
somebody stood on the line with it
and whaled away at the
Americans," James Elliott, who has
written several books on the War
of 1812 battles, told the Spectator.
| Photo: Cathie Coward/Hamilton Spectator |