From the June 21, 2013, Lima (Ohio).com. by Nancy Kliner.
Ohio State University volunteers using ground-penetrating radar in a third attempt at the site of Fort Jennings.
A monument to the War of 1812 soldiers buried here was put up in 1978, but, historians want it as close as possible to their graves.
Fort Jennings was part of a string of wooden forts built across northwest Ohio for defense and to serve as mustering points for attacks in 1812. Hundreds of soldiers passed through the fort and records show that about a dozen died and were buried there.
--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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