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Teenage descendant of runner Tom Longboat learns of his valour in war in docuseries on History Channel
On Nov. 11, the History Channel will screen a four-part docuseries titled Our War. The episodes are airing back-to-back starting at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
The series was filmed by the team at Vancouver’s Lark Productions and follows descendants of Canadian war heroes as they embark on connecting to stories from their families’ past.
Included in the series is one of Canada’s first Black servicemen and the great-grand-nephew of a female intelligence officer stationed at Bletchley Park in England, a place of code-breaking during the Second World War.
Episode 2, which will air at 10 p.m. ET/PT, follows Jager Miller, a descendant of legendary Onondaga runner Thomas Charles Longboat.
Miller travels to various historical locations across Ontario with his mother Jeannine to learn about his great, great, great grandfather’s remarkable accomplishments, both during the war and personally.
He spent time learning about Longboat’s job as a dispatch carrier in the The Great War, as well as the extensive training he did as a long distance runner in high profile events, including for the Boston Marathon.
“Learning this stuff was all interesting, Obviously, I heard stories about him. I kne
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Tom Longboat: Athlete whose travels were far and fast
By Cheryl Petten
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In , as one century was about to end and another begin, Maclean's magazine ran a list of the most important Canadians in history, dividing them into 10 categories, with 10 names in each category. In the Stars category, reserved for the best in what the country had had to offer, the number one spot went to Tom Longboat.
And in the list of the top 10 Canadians in history overall, Longboat came in ninth spot, sharing the list with the likes of William Lyon Mackenzie King, Glenn Gould, Nellie McClung and K.C. Irving.
But just who was Tom Longboat, and why did Maclean's deem him to be such an important person in the history of our country?
Thomas Charles Longboat was born on the Six Nations reserve on June 4, , a member of the Onondaga Nation. His Iroquois name was Cogwagee, which means Everything.
The family lived on a small farm, and everyone had to help with the plowing, harvesting and caring for the animals. When his father died when Longboat was only five, the children had to pitch in even more to help their mother.
While chores kept him busy growing up, Longboat always found time for fun, sometimes sneaking away from his work to play lacrosse. He was a good lacrosse player, partl
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