[stentorian conservative]

I think the monument is is vulgar. But as to the claim pertaining to the war. . . history buffs, what say you?

[doodad]

The monument is meant to be a scene from April 27, 1813, when U.S. troops overran Fort York, burned it and then left.

But we lost huh?

[ETL]

FYI: The History Channel is currently running a marathon of the series The Presidents.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Battle Of New Orleans Lyrics
Artist(Band):Johnny Horton

In eighteen-fourteen we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississipp’
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans

We fired our guns and the British kept a comin’
There wasn’t nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin’
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We looked down the river and we seed the British come
And there must’ve been a hundred of ‘em beatin’ on the drum
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
We stood beside our cotton bales, didn’t say a thing

Old Hickory said we could take ‘em by surprise
If we didn’t fire muskets till we looked ‘em in the eye
We held our fire till we seed their faces well
Then we opened up our squirrel guns and really gave ‘Em well

Yeah they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn’t go
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn’t catch ‘em
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off the ‘gator lost his mind

[mkleesma]

If we lost, how come we’re not now Loyal Subjects of the Crown????

[SoCal Pubbie]

At worst, the War of 1812 was a draw for both parties. If one looks at the war strictly from the American point of view, the country's objectives were achieved with the Treaty of Ghent in 1814. Capturing Canada was NOT a war aim, despite the way our invasion of those territories is often portrayed today.

In no sense would I call it a loss for the U.S. The Battle of New Orleans, though fought after the treaty was signed, was the largest engagement of the war, and the British were completely defeated. If they had won that battle there would have been no guarantee they would have kept to the terms of the agreement, so in that aspect alone it was a U.S. victory.

[NYCynic]

Didn’t the British pullout because of an Irish uprising and they figured holding Ireland was more important than trying to win back the colonies?

[ETL]

The Star-Spangled Banner
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from a poem written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key, a then 35-year-old amateur poet who wrote "Defence of Fort McHenry"[1] [spelling is accurate] after seeing the bombardment of Fort McHenry at Baltimore, Maryland, by Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Old Ironsides is still commissioned and ready to put the dot on victory's exclamation point....

[Polybius]

But as to the claim pertaining to the war. . . history buffs, what say you?

The war was a draw without any meaning full strategic objective being won by either side.

Washington, DC was captured and burned but not held.

The American invasion of Canada was repulsed by the British but the British invasions of Baltimore and New Orleans were repulsed by the Americans.

The Royal Navy successfully blockaded American ports but American privateers caused significant damage to British commerce in the West Indies.

All in all, the War of 1812 was a minor sideshow on the World stage. At the time, the British had their focus on defeating Napoleon and the French and, there, Britannia were definitely on the right side of History.

[NonValueAdded]

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