The Calton Weavers massacre of 1787 is commemorated in a panel by Scottish artist Ken Currie in the People's Palace, Glasgow, commissioned on the 200th anniversary of the event.
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They were granted some help with their passage and free land in the Rideau Valley, a strategically important part of Upper Canada where the government was anxious to settle loyal Scots.
His Glasgow History Mural was commissioned on the 200th anniversary of the Calton weavers Massacre in 1987 and is displayed on the ceiling of the People's Palace.
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