No War Re-Enactments, Please, We’re Canadian

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  09.04.09 | 11:33 AM ET

Photo by Aschaf via Flickr (Creative Commons)

Next weekend marks the 250th anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec City, a decisive battle in the British and French struggle for present-day Canada—so you might expect a loud, colorful historical re-enactment, complete with muskets and period costumes. Right? Um, no. Instead, a “unifying” battlefield poetry slam is in the works. You can’t make this stuff up.

Tags: History Travel, Poetry, Tres Loco, War, North America, Canada, Quebec City, News and Briefs

Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Ottawa, Canada.


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