JE ME SOUVIENS
LIBERTÉ, ÉGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ

AUX PATRIOTES DE 1837-1838 DU BAS-CANADA

VAINCUS DANS LA LUTTE
ILS ONT TRIOMPHÉ DANS L’HISTOIRE

JE ME SOUVIENS

ICI HABITAIT LA FAMILLE HINDENLANG, RUE LA FAYETTE

Toi passant, rends hommage à la mémoire de
CHARLES HINDENLANG, (1810-1839)
patriote et militaire français mort pour avoir défendu par les armes la cause sacrée du QUÉBEC

CHARLES ainsi que 11 de ses compagnons montèrent sur l’échafaud à MONTRÉAL durant l’hiver 1838-1839

"LA MORT N’EST RIEN POUR UN FRANÇAIS, VIVE LA LIBERTÉ !"
Telles furent ses dernières paroles

COMITÉ DES PATRIOTES DE SAINT-PHILIPPE DE LA PRAIRIE (QUÉBEC)

The sign marks the place where lived Charles Hindenlang, a French patriot, who fell in the rebellion of southern Canada against British rule. A rebellion that led to the founding of Canada.

The place where Charles Hindenlang lived, photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
I REMEMBER
LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY

TO THE PATRIOTS OF 1837-1838 OF LOWER CANADA

DEFEATED IN THE STRUGGLE
THEY TRIUMPHED IN HISTORY

I REMEMBER

HERE THE HINDENLANG FAMILY LIVED, RUE LA FAYETTE

You passing, pay homage to the memory of
CHARLES HINDENLANG, (1810-1839)
French patriot and soldier who died for having defended by arms the sacred cause of QUEBEC

CHARLES and 11 of his companions climbed the scaffold in MONTREAL during the winter of 1838-1839

"DEATH IS NOTHING FOR A FRENCH, LONG LIVE FREEDOM!"
These were his last words

PATRIOTS COMMITTEE OF SAINT-PHILIPPE DE LA PRAIRIE (QUEBEC)