From the Jan. 23, 2013, Lexington (Ky) 18.com "200 Years Later, Remains of Kentucky Soldiers Killed in War of 1812 May Be Coming Home."
Two bodies of Kentucky soldiers discovered in an Ontario, Canada, park, may be on their way home.
Kentucky was a frontier back then and protected by militia.
Private Foster Bartlett from Henry County and Private William Hardwick who served in a unit based in Fayette and Clark counties fought in the Ontario Valley in Canada around the time of the River Raisin Massacre. Neither of them made it home.
While planning a renovation of the park, Canadian archaeologists discovered "graveside anomalies" at Tecumseh Park in Chatham Kent, Ontario. They were shallow graves and authorities are now looking for DNA samples of relatives. If found, they will be reinterred on the State Mound in Frankfort.
--Brock-Perry.
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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