In the last post I mentioned the burial of U.S. Navy Captain James Lawrence in Halifax, Nova Scotia, by the British with full military honors.
From Wikipedia.
The body of James Lawrence was reinterred at Trinity Church in New York City which also contains quite a few other notables: Robert Fulton, Albert Gallatin, Horatio Gates, Alexander Hamilton and John Peter Zenger.
Also buried there are two War of 1812 veterans:
Franklin Wharton (1767-1868). Commandant USMC 1804-1818.
Silas Talbot 1750-1813, U.S. Navy. Second captain of the USS Constitution.
--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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