From the November 18, 2012, Plattsburgh (NY) Press-Republican "Activities to Focus on War of 1812."
For the next 22 months, real time events of 1812 leading to the 1814 Battle of Plattsburgh will be featured in a series of articles by Colin Read culminating in September 2014 on the 200th anniversary of the battle.
He has extensively researched the Plattsburgh Republican newspapers from 1812 to 1814. He will be summarizing battles of the war and translating the language of the era into what present-day readers can easily understand.
Read was very surprised by the negative attitudes of townspeople toward Native Americans such as the St. Regis tribe, who lived near the present-day Akwasasne. Some Americans back then wondered whether the Indians would side with the British or Americans.
Looking Forward to Reading Those Accounts. --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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