War of 1812

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• SOURCE: Profs and Pints
  4/13/2021
  

  Register for Profs and Pints with Denver Brunsman: The 1814 Burning of Washington

  Historian Denver Brunsman will join the Profs and Pints series of (virtual) discussions to talk about the British attack on Washington in 1814 and its impact on American nationalism and the local urban boosters of the capital city. 

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• SOURCE: Creators Syndicate
  5/27/2020
  

  Baltimore Was a Key Place For Trump, If He Only Knew

  by Jamie Stiehm

  It's odd that Trump could give a speech about Francis Scott Key with nearly all the facts wrong; the slaveowner was a key adviser to Andrew Jackson, the model for Trump's brand of white reactionary populism.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  6-10-18
  

  What Donald Trump doesn’t know about the War of 1812

  by Renée Lafferty-Salhany

  “Didn’t you guys burn down the White House?”

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• SOURCE: CNN
  6-6-18
  

  Trump invokes War of 1812 in testy call with Trudeau over tariffs

  The problem with Trump's comments to Trudeau is that British troops burned down the White House during the War of 1812, not Canada.

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• 11-9-14
  

  Why Did the British Try to Burn Down the White House?

  by Peter Snow

  Don't ask British people ... most don't know this ever happened. 

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• SOURCE: Buffalo News
  12-19-13
  

  200th anniversary of siege of Fort Niagara re-enacted

  About 125 reenactors participated in the commemorations.

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• SOURCE: Associated Press
  10-14-13
  

  Don Hickey: The U.S. defaulted on debt after War of 1812

  Lessons from America's most forgotten war.

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• SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
  10-5-13
  

  Shipwreck takes town back to War of 1812

  Ballast stones found in the Connecticut River may be tied to a battle in which the British set fire to 25 vessels, the war's largest maritime loss.

• SOURCE: AP
  2-2-13
  

  Most popular page visited after arriving at War of 1812 website? The exit

  OTTAWA - The splashy home pages for the Harper government's elaborate War of 1812 website were by far the most popular feature for visitors who crowded into the online museum last year, thanks to an ad blitz during the Olympics.The next most popular page? The exit.The government spent upwards of $28 million to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, billing it as an under-appreciated piece of Canadian history.Indeed, polls conducted in the years prior to the anniversary suggested most Canadians had little knowledge or interest in the conflict that some argue lay the groundwork for Confederation....