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Some interesting items in the news lately with the 200th anniversary of the British burning of the White House.
Breaking News: British Burn Washington
UK embassy apologizes for 'burning White House' tweet
Obama's reply:
Seriously though Thought I'd throw up a few links to some interesting articles to the War of 1812: the war that made the U.S. a country.
From Wiki: Timeline of the War of 1812
A simpler timeline (from PBS)
*Note - Sorry, but the order of my links are askew at the moment, I'll try to straighten this up when I have more time. Feel free to post up additional info!
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Wiki:
Battle of Bladensburg
The Battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson, with a group of outlaws, pirates, Native Americans, militia, regular military, and other citizens, defeat the British.
The World Turned upsidedown
PBS Videos:
General Search: The War of 1812
The Treaty of Ghent (6 min.)
Impact the war had on Native nations (7 min.)
The War of 1812 - (1hr. -and- 53 min)
The War of 1812 on the Chesapeake: Home of the Brave (57 min.)
The American Capital Burns (10 min.)
Some interesting items in the news lately with the 200th anniversary of the British burning of the White House.
Breaking News: British Burn Washington
UK embassy apologizes for 'burning White House' tweet
Obama's reply:
Seriously though Thought I'd throw up a few links to some interesting articles to the War of 1812: the war that made the U.S. a country.
From Wiki: Timeline of the War of 1812
A simpler timeline (from PBS)
*Note - Sorry, but the order of my links are askew at the moment, I'll try to straighten this up when I have more time. Feel free to post up additional info!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wiki:
Battle of Bladensburg
The Battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson, with a group of outlaws, pirates, Native Americans, militia, regular military, and other citizens, defeat the British.
The World Turned upsidedown
PBS Videos:
General Search: The War of 1812
The Treaty of Ghent (6 min.)
Impact the war had on Native nations (7 min.)
The War of 1812 - (1hr. -and- 53 min)
The War of 1812 on the Chesapeake: Home of the Brave (57 min.)
The American Capital Burns (10 min.)
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