JULY 20, 1814: American raid on Port Talbot, Upper Canada.
JULY 20, 1814: The burning of Fort St. Joseph, Upper Canada. The American expedition to the Upper Great Lakes under Captain Arthur Sinclair arrives off St. Joseph Island in mid-July.
A shore party burns the abandoned British fort and the fur traders' storehouse.
--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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