Monument to the 84th Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Monument to the 84^th Regiment, 2^nd Battalion

Hants County, Nova Scotia

There is a unique loyalist monument located in Hants County, Nova Scotia. It is the only monument in Canada built by descendants as a tribute to a Regiment that served with the British during the American Revolution. It is located in the Saint Thomas Anglican Church Cemetery on the Georgefield Road.

The monument was completed in 1995 by Peter Ashley and Winston MacPhee. Both are descendants of members of the 84th Regiment, 2nd Battalion that served during the American Revolution.

The plaque on the monument reads:

A MEMORIAL
TO THE 2ND BATTALION
84TH REGIMENT THE ROYAL
HIGHLAND EMIGRANTS. WHO
SETTLED DOUGLAS TOWN-
SHIP IN 1784 AND SO BEGAN
TO BUILD THIS COMMUNITY,
THIS CHURCH AND TO ADD
THEIR PRESENCE TO THE
HISTORY OF EAST HANTS
October 1, 1995

The monument was completed in 1995 by Peter Ashley and Winston MacPhee. Both are descendants of members of the 84th Regiment, 2nd Battalion that served during the American Revolution.

Read more about the monument, with photos.

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– Contributed by Brian McConnell UE, President of the Nova Scotia Branch, UELAC in Nov. 2023