2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
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Saturday, October 12, 2013
NC Veterans Get Grave Markers-- Part 1
From the September 22, 2012, Fayetteville (NC) Observer "Soldiers from War of 1812 honored with grave markers" by Nancy McClearly.
Forty people gathered at Fayetteville's Cross Creek Cemetery No. 1, including members of the Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry (I have written about them in my Saw the Elephant Civil War and Cooter's History Thing blogs) and the DAR. They were honoring four War of 1812 North Carolina veterans with gravestones and a ceremony.
Each of the four men honored with a small brass marker shaped like a star with "War of 1812" engraved in it. These four men represented a cross-section of the soldiers who served in the war.
They were General Thomas Davis of the NC State Militia, Militiaman John Powres, Lt. John Eccles and Sgt. John Huske II.
An Overdue Honor. --Brock-Perry
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The families of those deceased veteran soldiers must be very happy about the small brass marker that were given to those four veteran soldiers. These veteran soldiers deserve all the honor and respect they can get. We have heard stories about lost grave markers or headstones of veteran soldiers and it's good to know tha there are people working to find or give them markers or headstones.
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