MAY 30TH, 1814, 200 years ago.
A British force under the command of Captain Stephen Popham, consisting of two gunboats, three cutters and 160 sailors and marines is soundly defeated and captured in Sandy Creek, New York, having ventured inland in pursuit of American bateaux (boats) carrying cannons and munitions for Sackets Harbor..
--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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