Posted on 01/20/2021 5:53:35 AM PST by Onthebrink
For many historians, the violence stemming from the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6 brought to mind the pivotal year of 1814 when British forces in the War of 1812 tried to burn down the iconic building that was just fourteen years old at the time.
The History
After achieving victory over U.S. military forces at Bladensburg, Maryland, earlier that day, and seeking revenge for the sacking of York (present-day Toronto), the foreign invaders looted the Capitol first, then set the southern and northern wings ablaze, eventually destroying the Library of Congress. The British burned about three thousand books in the collection and piled furniture together in the Supreme Court Chamber to create a huge bonfire, sending flames shooting out through the windows and roof. The glow of the blaze could be seen fifty miles away.
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OOOhh, I think I get it now.
We specifically requested new registration to get the plates.
Must be in that period that people having to register got it as a matter of course.
I still have them.
I don’t think they’re terrible - but yeah, could’ve been better! ;-)
The capital didn’t mean nearly as much as it does now.
And, we also bought land from Napoleon. Who, as bad as he could be, was alot better for France than the terrorists who ran it before him.
God saved America. Again. He wanted this.
I loved the old plain plates with the shield in the center.
Hogan had to ruin that, like everything else.
Incorrect. It turns out that the British were morally outraged at the American treatment of the slaves and homosexuals. Or our societal unwillingness to provide the vote to womyn and general misogyny. Seeing all this they girded their loins and attacked this Trumpist nation!
Oh, yes. Madison also hated kittens and puppies, another reason to sack Washington, D.C.
Actually the Brits gave up altogether when the Army saw the 5-mile long trenches and volunteers. Knowing they would not be supported by the Navy.
We should be celebrating alot more than just Ft. McHenry - because of a song.
There was much more to the “Battle of Baltimore” than just the Fort. There was North Point and on (a loss) up to the point they knew they couldn’t breech the thousands who had gathered on land without the Navy.
Didn’t they return to that standard?
LOL
However, it seems now the Americans burned “York” because the British magazine exploded with such a shock that lots of soldiers were killed and deafened.
Americans like Pike thought it was deliberate and so RETALIATED with burning York.
Turns out it was not simply “let’s burn York” - though that certainly would NOT have been unusual to do, anyway.
Nope.
Lousy Artist Larry claims to have helped design the current plates.
It’s the heraldic flag, but all “flowy, faded and swoopy” at the bottom.
Here’s Fat Rat Bastard at the great reveal
https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/bs-md-license-plates-20160830-story.html
AAaaah. OK. I don’t mind it.
But I DO like simple plates like a simple shield in the middle.
The eminent author and historian Pierre Berton in the preface to his novel 1813 mentioned how 300 British troops who marched from New Brunswick to Kingston, ON possibly changed the course of the war. From Sackett’s Harbour, NY, the Americans were planning an attack on Kingston 45km north. A successful attack would have the effect of severing the British supply lines between Montreal and York.
Although it was only 300 troops the Americans understood it to be a massive force so they changed their target to York.
Well the Fort is still there as a historic site as are a lot of them throughout North America. These days it’s kind of hidden by elevated expressways and a forest of high rise condos. Pike of Pikes Peak fame had his quick end there from that explosion.
From Wiki...
Along with General Jacob Brown, Pike departed from the newly fortified rural military outpost of Sackets Harbor, on the New York shore of Lake Ontario, for what became his last military campaign. On this expedition, Pike commanded combat troops in the successful attack on York (now Toronto), on April 27, 1813. Pike was killed, along with numerous other American troops, by flying rocks and other debris when the withdrawing British garrison blew up its ammunition magazine as Pike’s troops approached Fort York.[11] His body was brought by ship back to Sackets Harbor, where his remains were buried at the military cemetery.[12]
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