Posted on 12/24/2005 3:09:08 AM PST by mainepatsfan
I knew Haliburton had to be involved somehow.
I agree but there is a third reason. It was called the War of 1812 because it was a War.
The Shawnee took up arms against the United States and fought with the British during this war. Tecumseh was made a British Brigadier General. This negated the treaty allowing the warlike Shawnee to live in Ohio. Today's Shawnee, despite this are claiming thousands of acres that was "stolen" from them. No matter how many times I bring up this fact in public debate I NEVER get a response comcerning this, it is glossed over. Oh, they want to build mob ran casinos on land that was "stolen" from their victimized ancestors. This despite Ohio law.
They were built on the lake shore.
Here's a bit of 1812 lore -
When the British attacked Washington, a Marine officer ordered two of his men to hide the gold and silver which made up the Marine Corps budget. The men hid the treasure and then ran out to engage the enemy.
Both men died in the battle, taking the location of the buried treasure with them. To this day it's believed that somewhere in the walls of the old Marine Corps barrack is hidden a treasure of gold and silver.
And we did up up with Florida.
"In Washington, British troops burned the White House, the Capitol, and other buildings in retaliation for the earlier burning of government buildings in Canada by U.S. soldiers."
I thought blaming American troops was something that started in the Vietnam era?
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If it wasn't for the American attitudes and tactics during the War of 1812, Canada would have long been a part of the USA. Upper Canada had more than 1/4 and possibly 1/3 of its residents born in the US and they didn't have that much loyalty to the Crown. The French certainly didn't.
Nevertheless, it took this invasion and the burning of the capital (including the Parliament Buildings - which prompted the retaliatory burning of the White House) to unite the United Empire Loyalists and the European born, the French speaking, and the American born. Confederation in 1867 followed.
And Paul Martin is using the same rhetoric today in order to get re elected.
My GGGGG-Grandfather served in the War of 1812. I contacted the National Archives for his records and was amazed to receive a huge envelope with more than 50 legal size documents. The wealth of information on him astounded me. They even contained a physical description and testimony from his wife and friends. Most of the papers were from when he applied for a small pension that our government started giving out many years after the war. We think government beaurocracy is bad now. It was just as bad way back then. I was amazed at all the hoops he had to jump through to get this tiny amount of money. I sure do treasure those records though and the information that I obtained helped me to trace my roots back many more generations.
Even less than that know our national anthem came from this war.
Gosh, I am not being sarcastic and didn't pick up on the last paragraph where the battle was mentioned. I just didn't want that battle left out of the list of encounters. After all, it inspired a popular song! And I remember reading about that battle years ago. If I am not mistaken, Jackson rode to the presidency on that battle!
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