Why all Canadians should know the story of a Great War hero known as ‘Peggy’
Whether by design or happenstance, thesniper’s grave sits apart from the larger cemetery in the Wasauksing First Nation near Parry Sound, Ont. Still, it’s likely the man known as “Peggy” would have considered the spot to be perfect.
“Francis’s story is a story that I wouldn’t say was forgotten, but it certainly was one of those sleeping stories in our history,” says his great-grandson, Brian McInnis.Story continues below advertisement “He won the military medal three times, and is one of 38 Canadians to ever do this and those are awarded by the Battalion Brigade Commander,” notes author and historian Timothy Winegard.So how is it that Pegahmagabow’s exploits are not taught in Canadian history? Or that he only had a statue in Parry Sound dedicated in his honour in 2016? To understand that is to go back a hundred years when Indigenous people, then referred to as Indians, weren’t allowed to volunteer to fight in the war.
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