White House loot anchors fight over sunken bounty [War of 1812]

Article I

There shall be a firm and universal peace between His Britannic Majesty and the United States, and between their respective countries, territories, cities, towns, and people, of every degree, without exception of places or persons. All hostilities, both by sea and land, shall cease as soon as this treaty shall have been ratified by both parties, as hereinafter mentioned. All territory, places, and possessions whatsoever, taken by either party from the other during the war, or which may be taken after the signing of this treaty, excepting only the islands hereinafter mentioned, shall be restored without delay, and without causing any destruction or carrying away any of the artillery or other public property originally captured in the said forts or places, and which shall remain therein upon the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, or any slaves or other private property. And all archives, records, deeds, and papers, either of a public nature or belonging to private persons, which, in the course of the war, may have fallen into the hands of the officers of either party, shall be, as far as may be practicable, forthwith restored and delivered to the proper authorities and persons to whom they respectively belong.

If it is loot from the White House then it is ours and we have it in writting.

Canada can sue the UK for the value of it I suppose.

Okay, this is a perfect time to drag out and repost an oldy but goody from my old business associate, the late great Turk Ursin, ex seabee, from Chicago.

When in the Navy, British sailors would be drinking with the Yanks in some bar in a foreign port, and they'd get to talking about Navy life. Eventually, the discussion would get to their respective service's uniforms. The Limeys would ask him why he had three stripes on his sleeve. He'd point to the first and say "That's for the Revolutionary War." Gesturing toward the second, he go on "That one's for the War of 1812". He'd take a swig of his beer, go quiet, and wait for the inevitable question. The Brit would ask what the third one meant and Turk would reply "That one's to show you we'll kick your ass anytime you want to try it again".

That's when the fights broke out.

I wasn't clear enough in my post. All I'm saying is that only the British government has a right to the wreck. They should return any loot they recover, but for sure there shouldn't be any salvagers working that wreck. In my mind the discussion of Americn artifacts only clouds the issue.

And he's been under water before.

A&E's Investigative Reports did a documentary and concluded that he wasn't in the car, he bailed out somewhere before the bridge so the cops would pull her over without him. Her injuries prove she was in the driver's seat.

That doesn't make him any better a person, but it explains some things.

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