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Thomas Scott Memorial Orange Hall in Winnipeg, Canada

Scott Memorial Hall was named in honor of Thomas Scott He was an Irish Protestant immigrant who was killed by a firing squad at Upper Fort Garry in 1870 during the Red River Rebellion. His death was ordered by Louis Riel who is credited with founding Manitoba two months later. But in 1885, Riel was tried by a jury of Protestants, found guilty of treason and hung. This lodge was built in 1902 as an Orange Hall, a Protestant fraternal organization from Northern Ireland and Scotland. Today, the first level houses an antique store.

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Thomas Scott Memorial Orange Hall in Winnipeg, Canada

216 Princess St, Winnipeg, MB R3B 1L4, Canada

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