Thursday, 4 June 2009

Bicentennial of the War of 1812

This might seem a slightly irrelevant conflict as far as Europe is concerned - say 1812 over here and people think of Napoleon and so on but obviously in American and Canadian history circles this is a significant date and one that will hopefully see the period get a higher profile.
Website of the bicentennial here.

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