Some More on the River Raisin Commemoration: "Remember the Raisin"

From the January 17, 2020, Monroe (Michigan) News  "River Raisin  Battlefield hosting commemoration Saturday" by Tyler Eagle.

Unfortunately,the speakers for Saturday were cancelled because of the inclement weather.  (Must have been what hit us here in northeast Illinois on Friday.)

But I will tells about the speakers anyway as they sounded very interesting.

The battle occurred on January  18 and January 22, 1813 and resulted in several hundred Americans slaughtered in what became known as the River Raisin Massacre, which later inspired  the "Remember the Raisin" slogan in reference to those massacred.

At 9 am,  author and historian Dr. Mary Stockwell was to deliver her presentation "Unlikely General:  'Mad' Anthony  Wayne and the Battle for America."  Wayne was a prominent American revolution general.

At 2:30, the museum was to host "The Archaeology of the Battle of Lake Erie and the War of 1812."

Ellen Kennedy of the National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo was to deliver a speech on  Great Lakes naval archaeological sites related to the war.

"Mapping the War of 1812  and Its Legacy" will take place on Sunday, Jan. 19 at 1 pm, given by former NPS ranger  Ron Jones on maps of the era.

--Brock-Perry