Father Millet Cross
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Father Millet Cross
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The Father Millet Cross is a memorial on the grounds of Fort Niagara in Youngstown, New York. The 18-foot (5.5 m) bronze cross is a replacement for the wooden cross erected by Pierre Millet at the New French Fort Denonville in 1688. During the preceding winter, disease and starvation overwhelmed the fort's garrison of a hundred men and only twelve of them were saved by a rescue party. Father Millet, a Jesuit missionary, was with this rescue party. On Good Friday he celebrated Mass and erected an
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Millet_Cross
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2023-04-21T09:54:58Z
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