The Biggest Battle Ever in the Football field of Ol’ SCI.
Tomorrow is the 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812-14 in Canada.
My high school, Stamford Collegiate Institute, had two wings, the 'old wing' built in 1800 and the 'new wing' built in the early 1900s. It was within feet of the corner of Drummond Road and Lundy's Lane and it was the site of the bloodiest and fiercest battle of the War of 1812-14, on the evening and night of July 10, 1814.
The old wing, where I hated algebra and conquered Latin, was a barracks and medical aid station during that war.
The Battle of Lundy's Lane was odd, in that both sides could be said to have lost it. The British and Canadian forces are credited with winning it because they were the only ones on the battle field when the smoke cleared. The Americans had run out of food, water and ammunition and had begun their retreat along Portage Road, towards Chippawa. The British had also run out of water and just really needed to find a place to sit down. The battle had left each side very battle weary and very bloody.