The Tower's story - Carleton Martello Tower National Historic Site

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See the tower鈥檚 dramatic story unfold in this lively video!</p></p> </div>  </div>   <div class="container">    <div id="wb-cont-4"> <p><p>Take a trip through time and learn about the tower鈥檚 origins during the War of 1812, and its evolving role from fort to national historic site. You鈥檒l see how the tower has been a witness to over 130 years of Canada鈥檚 military heritage.</p> <p>Fans of fast-paced action will not be disappointed; where else could one see some Fenians, a Great Fire, and two world wars all in under 11 minutes? And there's even a happy ending. <em>Carleton Martello Tower: the Sentinel of Saint John</em> is presented daily in either French or English.</p></p> </div>  </div> <div class="container"> </div> <div class="container">  <p></p>   <p></p>         <script src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script> </div> <div class="container">  <div id="wb-cont-5"> <p></p> </div>  </div> <div class="container">  <section class="provisional most-requested-bullets well mrgn-tp-xl"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="pddng-r-0"> <h2 class="mrgn-tp-md h3">Related links</h2> </div> <div class="col-md-9">  <ul class="wb-eqht mrgn-tp-md mrgn-bttm-md colcount-md-1 wb-init wb-eqht-inited"> <li style="vertical-align: top; min-height: 27px;"><a class="pc-relatedlink" href="https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/nb/carleton/activ/calendrier-calendar" >Calendar of events</a></li> <li style="vertical-align: top; min-height: 27px;"><a class="pc-relatedlink" 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