From the January 8, 2017, New Orleans(Louisiana) Times- Picayune "In the Battle of New Orleans, a city was saved, a hero born and a country validated" by Mike Scott.
On the 202nd Anniversary of the battle.
** It is remembered as the most lop-sided battle in the war. British casualties came to 2,057 and American just 71.
** As it began, the Ursuline nuns in New Orleans held a vigil in their chapel praying to Our Lady of Promp Succor for a miracle in the form of an American victory.
They got it and to this day conduct a special mass every January 8.
--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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