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To the Memory of the United Empire Loyalists

TO THE MEMORY OF THE 
UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS 
WHO SETTLED IN THIS REGION 
FOLLOWING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

COMPELLED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES IN 
THE THIRTEEN COLONIES FOR THEIR 
LOYALTY TO THE CROWN, THEY FOUNDED 
THE PROVENCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK 
IN 1784 TO SECURE BRITISH INSTITUTIONS 
FOR THEMSELVES AND THE POSTERITY 

MANY OF THOSE LOYALISTS LIE BURIED HERE 

SPEM REDUXIT

 

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