About That Fort Detroit, Fort Wayne, Fort Shelby in Detroit

I saw an article in the Detroit News about the historic Fort Wayne in that city, but was unable to read it.  I knew there was a Fort Detroit there which played a huge role in the War of 1812, so decided to turn to good ol' Wikipedia for some background on it.

From Wikipedia.

Fort Wayne is located in downtown Detroit on the Detroit River.  The original limestone barracks still stands as does the 1845 fort.

Fort Wayne is Detroit's third fort.

The first was Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit built be the French in 1701 near the current day Hart Plaza.  This fort was manned by the French until they surrendered to the British in 1760 during the French and Indian War.

The British constructed the second fort, Fort Lernoult a few years later about where Fort and Shelby streets come together today. They manned the fort until 1796 when the United States assumed the site and renamed it Fort Shelby.

Following the end of the War of 1812, Fort Shelby fell into disrepair and in 1826, the City of Detroit purchased and demolished it.

--Brock-Perry

Delaware's Joseph Haslet, Wartime Governor-- Part 1: His Father

From Wikipedia.

Last week I wrote about Lewes, Delaware and mentioned Delaware governor Joseph Haslet being involved with the British attack on it in 1813.

Some more information on him.

1769 to June 20, 1823.

American planter and politician from Delaware.  Member of the Democratic-Republican party and served twice as governor of the state.  The first time was during the War of 1812.

His father was John Haslet (1727 to January 1777), Presbyterian clergy and soldier, veteran of the French and Indian War and American Revolution.  He was killed while colonel of the 1st Delaware Regiment at the Battle of Princeton.

His mother died a month later and he became the guardian of Chief Justice William Killen.

--Brock-Perry

No Ontario Town Should Bear the Name of a Racist and Killer-- Part 2

A commemorative plaque to Jefferson Davis was removed from a Hudson's Bay Company building in downtown Montreal this past August.  Of course, Hudson Bay Company were not exactly righteous with Indians either.

The Southern Poverty Law Center reports that since 2015 to April 2017, at least 60 symbols of the Confederacy have been removed.

This group keeps close tally on Confederate monuments, especially those that remain and wants all taken down.  Kind of a racist thing if you ask me.

Amherst not only alienated the Native Peoples, but also the French Dominicans, Cubans and people of Martinique.

In 1760, during the French and Indian War, he captured Montreal, ending French rule in North America,

The Purge Comes to Canada.  --Brock-Perry

Fort Anne, Lake George and Plattsburgh Get Battlefield Funds

From the June 27, 2016, Post-Star (NY) by Bill Toscone.

Two local battlefields among 20 historic sites were awarded grants from the American Battlefield Protection Program last week.

The Battle of Fort Anne was a part of the 1777 Saratoga Campaign.  Lake George, the site of Fort George, was the site of several battles during the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War.

The City of Plattsburgh was awarded$54,000 to evaluate the needs and uses of six key northern New York battles sites from the Revolutionary War (Vancouver Bay) to the War of 1812 (Crab Island, Plattsburgh Bay, Fort Brown, Fort Moreau and Fort Scott.

SUNY Buffalo Research Foundation received $23,200 for architectural survey of the Battle of Scajaguada Bridge in August 1814 during the War of 1812.

--Brock-Perry

Ceremony of the Three Flags-- Part 2: France Had It, Spain Got It, France Got It Back

France had controlled the Louisiana Territory from its founding to the Treaty of Paris ending the Seven Years War (called the French and Indian War in North America).  As a result, Spain received French land west of the Mississippi River.  Spain officially took over control of it in 1769 after they suppressed the Rebellion of 1768 by residents who did not want to become part of the Spanish empire

The United States extended its borders to the east bank of the Mississippi River as a result of the Revolutionary War.

On October 1, 1800, Napoleon and France re-acquired the Louisiana Territory from Spain, but this was done in secrecy and Spain continued administrative control of the area.

You Got It, They Got It, Who Got It?  --Brock-Perry

The British North America and West Indies Station-- Part 3

Halifax, Canada, was the main base for the Royal Navy during the Seven Years War (French and Indian), American Revolution and War of 1812.

In 1818, Halifax became the summer base of operations of the N.A.& W.I. Station (North American and West Indies).   For the rest of the year, headquarters was switched to Bermuda.

Bermuda was chosen, besides the weather, as a base from which the British Navy could better watch the United States.

Brock-Perry