Saturday, 27 December 2014

the run up to the Battle of New Orleans bicentennial

Today in 1814  - The American schooner USS Carolina is destroyed. It was the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's makeshift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.

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John Paul Jones 1959 | Classic War Film

Boston Garrison are featuring vintage Revwar movies. This is today's. It's in colour. John Paul Jones (film) - Wikipedia