Editing Battle of the Plains of Abraham (section)

==Legacy==
[[Image:Battlefields Park Tables and Martello Tower.jpg|thumb|[[Martello Tower]] (constructed by the British 1808–1812) in [[The Battlefields Park]], Quebec City]]

In 2009, a number of activities were proposed to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quebec09.com/fr/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215012023/http://www.quebec09.com/fr/index.html |archive-date=15 February 2009 |url-status=usurped |title=D'Autres Événements Commémoratifs |language=fr |website=Quebec09.com}}</ref> A plan to hold a re-enactment of the battle itself (as well as a re-enactment of the subsequent French victory of 1760 at the Battle of Sainte-Foy) was cancelled due to threats of public disorder. Leaders of separatist parties described the event as a slap in the face for Quebecers of French ancestry and as an insult for the francophone majority. Some sovereigntist groups threatened or made indirect threats by stating that if the event took place, there could be violence. The movement against re-enactment and these threats of violence led the National Battlefields Commission to cancel the event.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/organizers-cancel-mock-battle-of-the-plains-of-abraham-1.787562 |title=Organizers cancel mock Battle of the Plains of Abraham |work=CBC News |date=17 February 2009 |access-date=24 September 2018 |archive-date=27 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027142038/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/organizers-cancel-mock-battle-of-the-plains-of-abraham-1.787562 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Another commemorative event was proposed for the anniversary, the ''Moulin à paroles''. Thousands gathered on the Plains of Abraham to listen to recitations of 140 significant texts from Quebec history, including the 1970 [[FLQ Manifesto]]. The inclusion of that document in the event led to condemnations and a boycott from federalist politicians and the withdrawal of some government funding for the event. The ''Moulin à paroles'' took place without incident.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/plains-of-abraham-reading-attracts-thousands-1.819017 |title=Plains of Abraham reading attracts thousands |work=CBC News |date=12 September 2009 |access-date=24 September 2018 |archive-date=1 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201010501/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/plains-of-abraham-reading-attracts-thousands-1.819017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, during construction within the [[Old Quebec|Old City of Quebec]], a cannonball was found which is believed to have been fired during the siege.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40618547 |title=Canada: Workers find live British cannonball in Quebec |date=15 July 2017 |work=BBC News |access-date=15 July 2017 |language=en-GB |archive-date=14 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214090047/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40618547 |url-status=live}}</ref>

According to a [[myth]], Wolfe sang the soldier song ''[[How Stands the Glass Around]]'' the night before the battle. Due to that myth, said song is also called ''General Wolfe's Song''.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Chappell |first1=W. |title=A Collection of National English Airs, Consisting of Ancient Song, Ballad, & Dance Tunes, Interspersed with Remarks and Anecdote, and Preceded by an Essay on English Minstrelsy |page=48 |year=1838}}</ref>
In his work ''[[Montcalm and Wolfe]]'', [[Francis Parkman]] states that the evening before the battle, Wolfe recited [[Thomas Gray]]'s '[[Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard]]', which includes the line "the paths of glory lead but to the grave."<ref name="i256">{{cite journal | last=Morris | first=Edward E. | title=Wolfe and Gray's 'Elegy' | journal=The English Historical Review | publisher=Oxford University Press | volume=15 | issue=57 | year=1900 | issn=0013-8266 | jstor=548418 | pages=125–129 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/548418 | access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref>