U.E. LOYALISTS & THE MONARCHY
This year I have been asked to speak at the annual dinner of the Monarchist League in Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 4, 2026 and will be making a presentation on United Empire Loyalists and the monarchy. It has encouraged me to remember one of my own experiences and review some of the history. In 2018 I was asked by John Yogis, Secretary of the Halifax Branch of the Monarchist League of Canada, to attend the official opening of the Queen Elizabeth II Walkway in the Public Gardens at Halifax, Nova Scotia. John was a friend and professor of mine when I attended Dalhousie University Law School. He knew of my United Empire Loyalist ancestry. As well he had seen me dressed as a re-enactor and asked me to be sure I wore a red Loyalist jacket. At the event, on September 9, 2018, I appeared in the uniform of a Private in the 84th Regiment of Foot and was pleased to meet the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, the Honourable Arthur J. LeB...