From the May 11, 2013, Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Maritime museum exhibit tells War of 1812 story" by Chris Polte, AP.
St. Michaels, Maryland. "Runaway slaves, captured women and children, British officers bestowing suspicious gifts and turncoat plantation owners trading with the enemy under a white flag-- it all happened in Maryland on the Chesapeake."
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland, has a new exhibit "Navigating Freedom: The War of 1812 on the Chesapeake" opened this past weekend.
The war put St. Michaels on the map at the Battle of St. Michaels, fought August 10, 1813.
More to Come. --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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