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Maryland Shines Spotlight on War of 1812
The Wall St Journal (free) ^ | Aug. 29, 2014 | SCOTT CALVERT CONNECT

Posted on 08/30/2014 5:56:17 AM PDT by Pharmboy

State Has Awarded $5.5 Million in Grants for Celebrations, Research and Education


A historian gives cutlass lessons to children at Fort McHenry in Baltimore on Thursday.
Melissa Golden for The Wall Street Journal

BALTIMORE—Maryland officials are on a campaign to elevate the profile of the War of 1812, a historically unpopular conflict that ended in a draw with Britain and has long been overshadowed by the Revolutionary and Civil wars.

The state is planning a weeklong festival next month to mark the 200th anniversary of the city's defense in 1814, which inspired Francis Scott Key to pen the poem that later became the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner," the national anthem.

State officials also have awarded $5.5 million in grants for celebrations, educational programs and research, hoping to generate a lasting patriotic buzz about Maryland's starring role in a war that largely has been written off as a historical footnote.

"This is not just about having a party and shutting it down for another hundred years," said Bill Pencek, executive director of Maryland's War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission. He said the state is counting on an enduring tourism boost.

If it is recalled at all, the War of 1812, which ended in 1815, is most often remembered for the British burning of Washington and the White House. But some of the lowest and highest points in the conflict actually occurred in nearby Maryland.

The error-filled collapse of American troops in Bladensburg, Md., in August 1814 gave the British easy entrée to the nation's capital. By contrast, the successful defense of Baltimore amid the British bombardment at Fort McHenry helped fuel American patriotism when an oversized American flag stood tall following the siege.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: warof1812
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A free article from the WSJ.,.definitely worth a click through.
1 posted on 08/30/2014 5:56:17 AM PDT by Pharmboy
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; indcons; Chani; thefactor; blam; aculeus; ELS; Doctor Raoul; mainepatsfan; ..
Maryland ping and War of 1812 ping to the RevWar/Colonial History/General Washington ping list.

Begging the pardon of the list for a good article on the 1812 dust up and The Old Line State's history.

2 posted on 08/30/2014 6:00:06 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Pharmboy
"a historically unpopular conflict that ended in a draw"

I call bushwah! This united the country firmly, especially after we won at Ft. McHenry and the battle of North Point.

3 posted on 08/30/2014 6:06:03 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Yes...and New Orleans. BUT, burning DC makes it a draw in SOME peoples’ minds.


4 posted on 08/30/2014 6:09:13 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Yea, a draw?

They came again to take us over. We’re still here.


5 posted on 08/30/2014 6:10:07 AM PDT by Vision (Living in beauty)
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To: FRiends



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6 posted on 08/30/2014 6:10:58 AM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
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To: Pharmboy

The war of forgotten battlegrounds.

The battle of the River Raisin near Monroe Michigan was the largest single day casualty count for America in that war. Those killed and wounded were mostly Kentucky Militiamen and some 9 Kentucky counties are named after men who fought here. Revenge was sought under the “Remember the River Raisin” battle cry with a push deep into Canada and the British loss of control of the great lakes.


7 posted on 08/30/2014 6:30:04 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: Pharmboy
A very wide ranging war and yes, its safe to say we won.

War of 1812 Timeline
8 posted on 08/30/2014 6:43:18 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: Vision

We tried to take Canada too, and it’s still here.


9 posted on 08/30/2014 6:44:32 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Pharmboy

By any “revisionism”, The Battle Of New Orleans was a not a draw.
from wiki (I think):

Jackson’s army of 4,732 men comprised 968 US Army regulars,[32] 58 US Marines, 106 seamen of the US Naval battalion, 1,060 Louisiana Militia and volunteers (including 462 free people of color), 1,352 Tennessee Militia, 986 Kentucky Militia, 150 Mississippi Militia and 52 Choctaw warriors. Additionally, Jackson had the support of warships in the Mississippi River, including the USS Louisiana, the USS Carolina and the Enterprise, along with the pirate Jean Lafitte and his Baratarians.

At the end of the day, the British had 2,042 casualties: 291 killed (including Generals Pakenham and Gibbs), 1,267 wounded (including General Keane) and 484 captured or missing.[47] The Americans had 71 casualties: 13 dead; 39 wounded, and 19 missing.[4]

ps the British began the events with @7,500 strong


10 posted on 08/30/2014 6:46:24 AM PDT by HandyDandy (Started out with Burgundy but soon hit the harder stuff....)
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To: HandyDandy

The Brits got their butts handed to them at New Orleans.


11 posted on 08/30/2014 6:55:35 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: Pharmboy

hey Hon - they didn’t burn Baltimore, did they?

25 hours of bombardment and the flag was still there, so the Brits up and sailed away

Francis Scott Key, released from being an involuntary observer on one of the warships, went (crawled?) to a nearby pub, ordered himself a well-deserved tall one (too bad no Natty Bo back then), and wrote a somewhat historically significant poem about it!


12 posted on 08/30/2014 6:56:44 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Pharmboy

After the British failed to capture Baltimore they sailed the Chesapeake Bay bombarding towns along the way. One of the towns, St. Michael’s hung lanterns high in the trees. When the British bombarded at night they missed town by firing pover it.


13 posted on 08/30/2014 6:58:30 AM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: Vision
It was largely a war for control of the great lakes and Northwest territory.


14 posted on 08/30/2014 6:58:31 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: Pharmboy
an oversized American flag stood tall following the siege

One of my g-g-g-g-g-grandmothers was the sibling of one of the men who commissioned Mary Pickersgill to make that flag... one of my two tenuous connections to "big time" American history.

Mr. niteowl77

15 posted on 08/30/2014 7:00:13 AM PDT by niteowl77 (The five stages of Progressive persuasion: lecture, nudge, shove, arrest, liquidate.)
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To: RedMDer

When the British bombarded at night they missed town by firing pover it.

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Not completely. There was a hit on a house in St. Michaels, now known as the Cannonball House.

http://www.townofstmichaels.com/history.shtml


16 posted on 08/30/2014 7:03:08 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Pharmboy

Historically unpopular? Don’t we commemorate the defense of Fort McHenry in 1814 at the start of every football game?


17 posted on 08/30/2014 7:03:46 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: cripplecreek
The Brits got their butts handed to them at New Orleans.

And also at Lake Erie and Lake Champlain.

18 posted on 08/30/2014 7:06:22 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Pharmboy

Something politically incorrect in that picture: children weilding “swords”. The liberal state of Maryland will be sure to eliminate all such displays of aggression and would be bullying. lol


19 posted on 08/30/2014 7:09:15 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Timber Rattler
We tried to take Canada too, and it’s still here.

Maybe that's just as well, because had we succeeded, we would be the ones having to deal with Quebec.

20 posted on 08/30/2014 7:09:51 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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