Showing posts with label Washington. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Washington. Show all posts
Monday, August 4, 2014

British At The Chesapeake

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From Leading Events of Maryland History : In August, 1814, another British fleet arrived in the Chesapeake, commanded by Admiral ...
Sunday, June 1, 2014

James Madison's Address To Congress And The Declaration Of War

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Source James Madison  was President of the United States when war was declared . From the Montpelier Organization : When James M...
Thursday, May 9, 2013

General Jacob Brown Portrait

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Source Born May 9, 1775, in Pennsylvania; was the founder of Brownsville, New York ; died February 24, 1828 , in Washington.
Sunday, May 5, 2013

The 1812 Version Of An Express Post

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Source The Blog of 1812 made mention of the express post here .
Thursday, April 18, 2013

Letters From Fielder Ridgeway

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On Fold3 in the Letters Received From The Office Of The Adjutant General file: From Fielder Ridgeway, Lieutenant, Rifle Regiment, written ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Richard M. Johnson

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He was thought to have been the soldier who killed Tecumseh in battle. Source Richard Mentor Johnson Richard M. Johnson, a Kent...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

British General Robert Ross

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British  General Robert Ross , the man who captured Washington, D.C., was killed at the Battle Of North Point  (a part of the larger Battl...
Sunday, August 26, 2012

Mother Nature To The Rescue

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Washington saved by  thunderstorms ... Soon much of Washington, including the Capitol building, the White House, and other federal buildi...
Saturday, August 25, 2012

Burning Washington, D.C.

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From Eyewitness To History: The British Burn Washington, DC, 1814 : "...the city found itself the target of an invading British ar...
Friday, August 24, 2012

Excavation At Bladensburg

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From the Washington, D.C. War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission , the Bladensburg excavation photo gallery.
Thursday, August 23, 2012

Attempting To Protect Washington From The British - The Map

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Not The City's Finest Hour

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The Detroit News published an article entitled " The War of 1812: Bombs over Detroit ," that included the following excerpts: ...
Thursday, July 5, 2012

At The National Portrait Gallery

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From Reuters, an article entitled, Washington museum* shows War of 1812 not just "Star-Spangled Banner," was this description: ...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

Daughters Of 1812 Library And Museum

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See a virtual tour of the National Society United States Daughters of 1812 library and museum located in Washington, D.C. at their website .
Sunday, November 6, 2011

Book That Survived The Torching Of Washington, DC

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From History.com , a short video featuring the sole surviving book, taken by Admiral Cockburn, when the British burned Washington:
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

August 24, 1814 - The British Set Fire To Washington

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The burning of Washington , D.C.:   Image From A History Of The United States Washington was saved by bad weather!  A thunderstorm wi...
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