Sir John A. Macdonald and Canada.

      The City of Kingston is now seeking public input on the legacy of Sir John A. Macdonald. Sir John A. created the Canadian Pacific Railway to unite Canada, and to prevent the annexation of this land by the United States of America.
 
 Statues of political leaders are toppled and hidden away in warehouses;
 Street names are being changed;
 Honorary plaques are removed from buildings;
Parks and schools are renamed.
Tourism booklets are rewritten.
   Kingston, Ontario is one of my favourite cities, I love to visit the Martello Towers and  Fort Henry. My husband used to windsurf near Macdonald Memorial Park before he became blind. I have relatives who live in the city.  Why was the Village of Portsmouth never designated a Heritage Conservation District. 

Heritage Conservation Districts in Kingston:
Barriefield Village
Market Square
Old Sydenham
The above mentioned districts are untouchable, they are permanently off the radar of real estate developers who build high rise condominiums.
      
UNESCO Sites in Kingston:
Kingston Mills
The Kingston Fortifications, including Fort Henry, Fort Frederick; and the Cathcart, Shoal and Murney Martello Towers.

Rideau Canal
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Martello Towers in Great Britain have been privatized and sold to real estate corporations---the singer Bono from Ireland owned a Martello or Napoleonic Tower.
The Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute is closing in the year 2019. I attended KCVI during the summer of 1967, because the town where I lived, Smiths Falls, did not have a summer school. I found out that Sir John A. Macdonald, Don Cherry and members of the band Tragically Hip  attended KCVI.