[morphing libertarian]

IIRC the british and the US were signing the peace before the battle. But it’s a nice story.

[DJ Taylor]

Yes, the Battle of New Orleans occurred after the War of 1812 was over, but news traveled slow in those days.

[Sasparilla]

...IIRC the british and the US were signing the peace before the battle. But it’s a nice story...

And a fun song,

Lyrics:
In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin’
There wasn’t nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin’
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We looked down the river and we seed the British come
And there must have been a hundred of ‘em beatin’ on the drum
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
We stood behind our cotton bales and didn’t say a thing
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin’
There wasn’t nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin’
On down