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To: ichabod1; stylin19a

The battle took place 18 days after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, which formally ended the War of 1812 on December 24 1814, as news of the agreement had not yet reached the United States from Europe.

News traveled slow in those days. A lot of people don’t realize this either.


1,685 posted on 07/03/2020 11:22:19 AM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
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To: reed13k; ichabod1

thanx for that.

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1,708 posted on 07/03/2020 7:38:20 PM PDT by stylin19a ( 2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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