261 years ago today, French commander Captain François-Marie Picoté de Belestre surrendered Detroit and all its communes (including our side) to British Ranger commander Major Robert Rogers.
Following the surrender of Montreal in September, all French Great Lakes posts and forts changed hands, taking the Flag of New France down, and raising the crossed flags of St. George and St. Andrew for Great Britain.

This change of hands angered the First Nations people who distrusted the British in this area after their relations with them were more sour than French relations.
The famous Odawa Chief Obwaandi'eyaag better known as Pontiac would spark what British officials saw as a rebellion just a few years later.
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