From the July 5, 2014, St. Louis Post Dispatch "Ceremony Honoring War of 1812 Veteran Benjamin Stephenson Planned" by Lola DeGroff.
A memorial marker will be placed on the colonel's grave by the Illinois Society of the War of 1812.
He is buried at Lusk Park, Edwardsville, Illinois with the ceremony to be at 1 p.m. on July 13, 2014. Lusk Park is at 535 Randle Street. Lusk Park used to be Lusk Cemetery.
-- 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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