The Miller family were Irish-Palatines just arriving a few years before the Revolutionary war broke out. They, as other Palatines, suffered severe punishments for holding beliefs that their fellow Americans rejected. When they heard the murmurings of independence from Britain for the colonies, imagine them making the choices. Today, in Alberta, I hear murmuring of independence from Canada and the same discontent with equalization payments forced upon this province. Will history repeat itself? What choices could I be forced to make. For 65 years I have known only peace. When I read about Garrett Miller my 6th great grandfather on my paternal side, "The marks of military engagements were on his body!" I knew I had to research history.
