In 1839, after the British army has suppressed the Patriot uprising for several months, hundreds of rebels languish in prison. On the morning of February 14, Marie-Thomas Chevalier De Lorimier and Charles Hindelang discover that they and three other companions will be executed within 24 hours. While awaiting their hour of death, the condemned spend time with companions and loved ones and entrust their last wills to them. At dawn, the five Patriots summon the fortitude to walk with honor towards the scaffold, knowing that they would die for a just cause. www.tribute.ca
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In 1839, after the British army has suppressed the Patriot uprising for several months, hundreds of rebels languish in prison. On the morning of February 14, Marie-Thomas Chevalier De Lorimier and Charles Hindelang discover that they and three other companions will be executed within 24 hours. While awaiting their hour of death, the condemned spend time with companions and loved ones and entrust their last wills to them. At dawn, the five Patriots summon the fortitude to walk with honor towards the scaffold, knowing that they would die for a just cause. www.tribute.ca
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