From the July 21, 2015, Lockport (NY) Union-Sun & Journal "War of 1812 general honored."
Elfreda Stangland, president of the Niagara Frontier Chapter U.S. Daughters of 1812, recently placed an American flag on the grave of Gen. Peter Porter on behalf of the chapter.
Porter was given the Congressional Gold Medal for "gallantry and good conduct" during the War of 1812, at the Battle of Chippewa, the Battle of Niagara and Battle of Erie. His grave is located within an iron fence at Oakwood Cemetery in Niagara Falls
The cemetery office has a replica of the congressional medal.
There are a lot of other famous people buried in the 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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