  Sknutson Member Username: Sknutson Post Number: 622 Registered: 03-2004 Posted From: 67.114.23.202 |
Accoring to my Detroit Historical Calendar, July 11 is the 194th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Canada from Detroit. Is anyone going to celebrate this event? | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 6315 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 208.27.111.125 |
I'll be celebrating it on July 21, when I invade Shin-Shin's. | ||
Bobj Member Username: Bobj Post Number: 784 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 65.221.183.220 |
What is this, like C - Day?? Or did we go over to get beer and then came back?? | ||
Mountainman Member Username: Mountainman Post Number: 88 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 153.90.170.202 |
You may have forgotten, but Canada ended up capturing Fort Ponchatrain with a handfull of Indians shortly after this time. The war of 1812, wasn't exactly a resounding success. I believe they even lit the White House on fire during that little aggresive soiree. I'm sure good ole W., must have had some ancestors that helped plan that war. Ontario has oil. Look at Petrolia, and the Chatam-Kent area. Think about it, the connections are there. | ||
Goat Member Username: Goat Post Number: 8608 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.71.59.224 |
Celebrate what, your ass whooping? Because that's what the Yanks got. : ) Due to reparations Itsjeff should be buying the moo-shoo (or how ever the hell you spell it). | ||
Humanmachinery Member Username: Humanmachinery Post Number: 3 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 172.132.216.223 |
hahaha. The US shouldn't celebrate the War of 1812 as anything other than a symbol of irony. Sadly, Americans do not understand irony. ;-) | ||
Irish_mafia Member Username: Irish_mafia Post Number: 554 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 75.9.255.242 |
Hull Invades Canada On July 12, 1812, forces under General Hull crosses into Canada at Sandwich. The invasion is quickly stopped, and American forces are forced to withdraw. By August 16, Hull surrenders Detroit. | ||
Irish_mafia Member Username: Irish_mafia Post Number: 555 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 75.9.255.242 |
On September 10, 1813, Commodore Perry defeats the British fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie. The Battle, which is hard fought by both sides, ends up with a total defeat for the British. Perry sends his famous message to his commander: "WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND THEY ARE OURS. Lake Erie becomes an American lake. | ||
Bobj Member Username: Bobj Post Number: 786 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 65.221.183.220 |
We, the Americans, demand a rematch! | ||
Ilovedetroit Member Username: Ilovedetroit Post Number: 2361 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 69.246.54.234 |
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Humanmachinery Member Username: Humanmachinery Post Number: 4 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 172.132.216.223 |
"I've been warned that American teenagers are obtaining stronger growths of marijuana from Canadian stock. I'm concerned, because no one has asked me to help them smoke it yet." -The Misanthropic Bitch | ||
Upinottawa Member Username: Upinottawa Post Number: 439 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 198.103.184.76 |
From the Ontario government's archives: http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/ ENGLISH/exhibits/1812/detroit. htm | ||
_sj_ Member Username: _sj_ Post Number: 1431 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 69.220.230.150 |
The purpose, war, and outcome is one of the most mis-understood historical events. | ||
Irish_mafia Member Username: Irish_mafia Post Number: 557 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 75.9.255.242 |
In commemeration of the American's great success in booting out the Brits, I plan to sail from the key outpost of Detroit (via Port Huron) to Fort Michilimackinac this weekend.... should be about 300 boats reveling in the victory! |
