invasions in 1812, regard the war that began 200 years ago Monday as a crucible of national identity. To grossly generalize: Canadians, whose forebears helped repulse several U.S. "There isn't the same interest in the war on your side." Army gunnery captain in the Battle of Queenston Heights. "For the weekend, I'll have to be a turncoat," says John Sek, 60, an English-born Canadian who will play a U.S. Many Americans aren't that into the War of 1812 - not like Canadians, anyway - so the latter often play the former in re-enactments along the international border here. Unlike 200 years ago, they will all be Canadians. Michael Crawford, Senior Historian at the Naval History and Heritage Command in Washington, D.C., details the reasons why the U.S. Re-enactors, pictured on May 6 in Ontario, Canada, stage the Battle of Longwoods. How many Americans actually know that our national anthem describes the successful American defense of Baltimore against the Bsitish during the War of 1812?īy Dave Chidley, The Canadian Press, via AP For theWar of 1812 bicentennial: USA shrugs as Canada went all out.Īn Evaluation War of 1812 by COLLEGE HUMOR here preceeds scholardly evaluations which are deinitely worth a read.ĬOLLEGE HUMOR:The War which many have forgotten and very few understand.
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