By Ray Rivers
August 10th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
This is a story of passion and valour; a story of small victory and great losses, and the story of civilians turned combatants in a time of need.
In 1812 over 200 American troops crossed the international border from Fort Detroit to invade Canada. A bridge in their path near Windsor Ontario was defended only by two British soldiers
– and this is their story.
Canada is not the only nation with a bullying neighbour. The history of Ukraine is a story of invasions and occupations spanning hundreds of years. Ukraine had over 16,000 bridges when the
war started and they became one of the best weapons of defence for the nation under attack.
When the Russians came it became the duty of all Ukrainian men and women to fight for the freedom of their nation. They were joined in this struggle by some of the millions of diaspora living
in other places around the globe, including Canada.
Their story is just another of the many that have characterized Ukraine’s struggle for survival from becoming another just Russia oblast – its 51st state.
Editor’s note: Ray Rivers is the Director ofd the play and also the author of the script. He plays a part as well.
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