Tuesday, I wrote about a man trying to get a bridge by Windsor, Canada, named after the men who defended it from Americans in the first battle of the War of 1812. The man succeeded and it is now called the Hancock and Dean 1812 Bridge to Nationhood.
I also came across mention that the action also cost the lives of the first Native Americans and at least one was reportedly scalped. Dean was wounded and captured, only to be released shortly thereafter after the American surrender of Detroit.
The River Canard, which the bridge crossed is also where British General Brock first met Indian Chief Tecumseh.
Just Some More Stuff. --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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