Inauguration Horses Visit Toronto Consulate

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Published on: January 10, 2013
Consul General Jim Dickmeyer feeds Honest Ed (left) and Tecumseh while their riders, Stg. Jim Patterson and Staff Insp. Bill Wardle, respectively, look on. The horses and their riders – all members of the Toronto Police Service’s Mounted Unit – will take part in President Obama’s inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21st. The CG presented the horses and their riders with Canada-U.S.A. pins to wear at the event.
Consul General Jim Dickmeyer feeds Honest Ed (left) and Tecumseh while their riders, Stg. Jim Patterson and Staff Insp. Bill Wardle, respectively, look on. The horses and their riders – all members of the Toronto Police Service’s Mounted Unit – will take part in President Obama’s inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21st. The CG presented the horses and their riders with Canada-U.S.A. pins to wear at the event.

by Consul General Jim Dickmeyer at the U.S. Consulate General Toronto

 

Today we had some unusual guests at the Consulate and I couldn’t help but ask them, “Why the long faces?”

But there were no long faces when I had the honor of pinning Canada-U.S.A. pins on two Toronto Police Service horses and two Toronto Police Servicemen this morning. They will be part of President Barack Obama’s inauguration on January 21st in Washington, D.C.

It will be the 57th presidential inauguration and the second for President Obama. The two Mounted Unit horses participating are Honest Ed and Tecumseh. They’ll be ridden by Sgt. Jim Patterson and Staff Insp. Bill Wardle respectively.

The horses are general patrol horses and will be part of the inaugural parade with the Michigan Multi-Jurisdictional Mounted Police Drill Team. The Toronto Mounted Unit has a close relationship with the Michigan team and has participated in a number of cross-border events with them.

The names of the horses are quite significant. Honest Ed is named after the late Toronto great Ed Mirvish. No one who has been on Toronto’s Bloor Street can miss the iconic and very well-lit Honest Ed’s everything shop. Tecumseh is of course named after the Native American leader of the Shawnee who died during the War of 1812.

Like the peaceful co-existence between our nation and Canada since the War of 1812, this is another example of two great nations, existing side by side, horse by horse. The participation of Honest Ed and Tecumseh alongside their equine partners from Michigan in the upcoming inauguration parade is a wonderful symbol of the incredibly deep and rich ties that exist between Canada and the United States.

 

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