UE Loyalist History

During the American Revolution, Halifax played a vital role. The location made it important to the British navy and military. Author Thomas H. Raddall called it the Warden of the North .   In the Halifax Regional Municipality, outside a Ferry terminal, is a monument to the United Empire Loyalists who came to the area in 1783.  Monument Outside Dartmouth Ferry Terminal   The monument was placed in 1983 by the Dartmouth Heritage Museum.  It was the bicentennial anniversary of the arrival of United Empire Loyalists who were evacuated from New York in 1783. The  King's College Library   has a fascinating collection of porcelain and pottery which originaly belonging to Loyalists including a dish and plate of Brigadier - General Timothy Ruggles and pitcher of Major Samuel Vetch Bayard. On the waterfront in Halifax is the   Samuel Cunard Statue .  Sir Samuel Cunard was the son of a United Empire Loyalist. His father, Abraham Cunard, ...

On 28 November 1776 HMS Vulture arrived at the head of the Bay of Fundy with British marines aboard to relieve  Fort Cumberland which had been beseiged since earlier in the month. A force of American militia, natives, and some Nova Scotians, led by Jonathan Eddy, tried to capture the Fort as the precursor to the start of a rebellion in the colony and eventual attack on Halifax.  Eddy had settled in Nova Scotia as a New England Planter and was one of a few members of the General Assembly in Halifax sympathetic to the American Revolution. The attack is described in  The Siege of Fort Cumberland, 1776 - An Episode in the American Revolution  authored by Ernest Clarke, UE, a member of the United Empire Loyalists' Association in Nova Scotia.  The book was published by McGill - Queen's University Press in 1995. Book published by Ernest Clarke, UE   In this book Ernest Clarke, UE, "examines the attitudes of the various players in the region - New England Planter...