We should hold a party commemorating the Battle of New Orleans where British suffered the most lopsided of all defeats, ironically after the war was officially over.
We should hold a party commemorating the Battle of New Orleans where British suffered the most lopsided of all defeats, ironically after the war was officially over.
Go for it. Should be a heck of a party!
Though I do think it’s a tad deeper. Can you imagine this happening under ANY other president? I can’t. The USA and the UK are like siblings. Mostly get along. We were the big brother at one time, then you guys grew up to be a 7 foot tall MMA fighter.
“We should hold a party commemorating the Battle of New Orleans where British suffered the most lopsided of all defeats, ironically after the war was officially over.”
The Treaty of Ghent had been signed on Christmas Eve 1814, and ratified by Parliament on 30 December 1814. But it had no force until official word crossed the Atlantic and the treaty was ratified by the US Senate, which transpired on 18 February 1815. British forces under Gen Edward Pakenham attacked New Orleans on 8 January 1815; thus New Orleans became the final major land action.
The war at sea went on for many more months, as far-flung warships did not receive word for a long interval.
Crossed communications due to slow travel bedeviled that era; national leaders, diplomats, and military commanders of that era acknowledged the inherent problem and coped as they could. It is brainlessly anachronistic and condescending for moderns to sneer at them. Unseemly, also.
We do, at the battlefield in Chalmette, Louisiana. Annually.
The next anniversary of the battle is the bicentennial, so it'll be a much larger event than usual.