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Originally Posted by Lakesrider
Anybody remember the General Wolfe tavern when it used to be at the now Windrifter Resort....?
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It does get confusing.
The "General Wolfe":
"The Wolfeboro Inn" (and Tavern):
(Both are McDude Photoposts).
More trivia:
1) Last year was the 250th anniversary (semiquincentennial) of that 1759 battle.
2) General Wolfe didn't live to see the victory attributed to him. His 4500 troops are in the background of this painting.
(This famous Benjamin West painting hangs in a Canadian National gallery. Maybe there's a copy somewhere in
Wolfeboro
).
3) General Wolfe was mortally wounded by a British
deserter!
4) General Wolfe was likely
embalmed and is entombed in
Westminster Abbey, England.
5) Taking the hint (a cannon pointed at his house just as the Revolutionary War got heated up), Governor Wentworth escaped to
Nova Scotia, where he became Lieutenant Governor, 1792 – 1808.