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To: 1rudeboy

I’d love to check it out but they need to reenact it in June.


3 posted on 01/19/2014 3:10:19 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek
When I went to school in Ann Arbor (ok, spare me the jibes), I placed a visit to this location near the top of my list. None of my friends were interested (grumble), so I went by myself. I show up, and the place is deserted, so I knock on the door of the "vistors' center" (if you can call it that) and a very nice man gave me a private tour. I asked him if I could walk around outside for a while, and he said, "sure."

My recollection is that it seemed to be a very odd place to have a fight . . . the terrain was very unremarkable. Without looking up the history (and which I do not remember), it struck me that both sides met "in transit."

5 posted on 01/19/2014 3:16:36 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: cripplecreek

That being said Fort Meigs (where I believe the remaining troops fled—please don’t quiz me on the history), is well worth a visit if one is near Toledo/Maumee, Ohio.


8 posted on 01/19/2014 3:23:15 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: cripplecreek

I don't know if you've seen this yet or not, but Don Troiani is just about finished with his painting of the Battle of the Thames.

41 posted on 05/27/2014 8:31:05 PM PDT by Stonewall Jackson (I aim to misbehave.)
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