From the November 2, 2013, Columbus (Indiana) Republic.
Don Hickey, a Wayne State College history professor has researched and written about the War of 1812.
On October 17th, he received the Samuel Elliott Morrison Award in Boston at the USS Constitution Museum for promoting nautical naval history.
A past winners have been Walter Cronkite.
Hickey isd a native of the Chicago suburbs and became interested in teh War of 1812 while an undergraduate at the University of Illinois. In 1989, he wrote "The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict. He said the only three things most Americans know about the war are the Battle of Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key writing "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the burning of the White House.
Famous sayings, "We have met the enemy and they are ours" and "Don't Give Up the Ship" came from this conflict.
--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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