Two hundred years ago today, the War of 1812 began with a declaration of war by the Congress of the United States. The new country was going to take on its Mother Country, England, then the strongest military in the world when the Navy was included. Fortunately for us, England was very much involved with Napoleon in France and we were considered a second front at best.
I had begun this back in April with the intention of having 4-5 entries about the war and events planned for the bicentennial until I was stopped by Blogger a little over a month ago.
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.
The Illinois State Genealogical Society is asking for help in digitizing 7.2 million War of 1812 Pension File images and making them FREE to the public - you can view over 230,000 records digitized so far at http://www.fold3.com/page/284752809_war_of_1812_pension_files/
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