Battersby’s March to Burlington

One of the twenty-five stops on Islington’s ArtWalk has been recognized with an award. The mural, Battersby’s March, is the result of a search by the village’s Business Improvement Area (BIA) for a lasting project to commemorate the Bicentennial of the War of 1812. Acting on a suggestion by Ewan Wardle, an interpreter at Fort York, the BIA commissioned artist John Kuna to depict Colonel Francis Battersby leading troops, including the Glengarry Light Infantry, along Dundas Street in July 1813, to secure Burlington against an American attack. The artwork is shown here in situ on a wall of the CIBC branch at 4914 Dundas Street.