5 tavern keeper12/28/2022 That means that next Wednesday on the Talking Crit Livestream (which airs every Wednesday Night at 8 PM Eastern) we are giving away at least $250 in DTRPG Gift Certificates. We've surpassed 1,500 Subscribers on The Tavern's Youtube Channel. Even better, shop using The Tavern's affiliate links listed at the bottom of every post. For those that simply want to support what I do, there is a Paypal subscription button on the top of this page. It's time to reevaluate and potentially reimagine. It never served the purpose I had imagined it would and I never really had a handle on it as a creator. I plan on sticking around for a few more decades, and I know there are some groans when I say that, but tough! They know who they are )īirthday wishes have been coming in via FB, email, discord, and text. Just over 2 years ago, I wasn't sure if 53 was going to make the cut, and here I am, 60 pounds lighter and likely healthier than I have been in years. I turned 55 today, and I'm truly at a loss for words. Now the location of a post office, the site of Montgomery's Tavern was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1925.Yes, it's that time, when your OSR Tavern Keeper celebrates yet another year. In 1873, he received $3000 in compensation for the loss of his tavern. Montgomery moved to Markham Township in 1871 and served as postmaster there. He also operated a hotel at the north-east corner of Church Street and Colborne Street for over three years after his return. He rebuilt a new tavern on the site of the old one and continued to operate a number of taverns in Toronto. He escaped to Rochester, New York, where he became president of an association for Canadian refugees.Īfter receiving a pardon, Montgomery returned to Toronto in 1843. He was sentenced to be executed but his sentence was reduced and he was sent to Fort Henry to await exile to Tasmania. On December 7, on the orders of Francis Bond Head, the tavern was burned and Montgomery was arrested and charged with high treason. John Linfoot, who had leased the tavern and would take possession in February 1838, had already moved in at the time and Montgomery was in the process of moving out. In December, he was informed that his tavern would be the rebel base Montgomery was to serve as commissary. Although he signed a declaration of Toronto Reformers and joined a vigilance committee formed as a result in July 1837, Montgomery did not advocate open rebellion. He also helped found the Bank of the People in 1836. Sympathetic with the concerns of the Reformers, Montgomery helped send William Lyon Mackenzie to England in 1832 to present petitions to the British Colonial Office. Montgomery was also a road commissioner for York County and a director for the Mutual Insurance Company. He leased this inn out in 1830, and that year began building Montgomery's Tavern further south on Yonge Street. He operated a number of taverns in the York area, including The Bird in the Hand at Yonge Street and Finch Avenue, in 1828. Montgomery served on the Niagara frontier during the War of 1812 and fought in the Battle of Queenston Heights. In 1798, the family moved to York in Upper Canada. He was born in Gagetown, New Brunswick, the son of Alexander Montgomery who came there from Stamford, Connecticut after the American Revolution. His establishment was the site of the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern. John Montgomery (probably Febru– October 31, 1879) owned the tavern which served as a base for the rebels during the Upper Canada Rebellion.
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