Daily Archives: September 15, 2012

  UC Davis Professor Alan Taylor is on a speaking tour commemorating the bicentennial of the War of 1812 on behalf of the United States Embassy in Canada. The Pulitzer-Prize winning historian will appear in Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto and Halifax … Continue reading →

Dave Rasdal Bill Reedy of rural Brandon, who secured veterans’ headstones slated to be dedicated Sunday, kneels near the headstone of Williams Boyles, a War of 1812 veteran, at Spring Creek Cemetery northwest of Brandon. Photographed Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. … Continue reading →

The Buffalo News Derek Gee/Buffalo News Pat Reed, a volunteer deckhand on the U.S. Brig Niagara, explains how the cannons were used in battle during the War of 1812 to visitors Lisa Stephan-Kozlowski and Anthony Kozlowski of Buffalo, Friday. Navy … Continue reading →

Sat Sep 15, 2012 To mark the War of 1812’s bicentennial, bronze markers will be unveiled Sept. 22 at Cross Creek Cemetery No. 1 in downtown Fayetteville. Bruce Daws, the city’s historic properties manager, said the markers will be placed … Continue reading →

Sep 14, 2012 to see the video click on the link http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/181850/37/Navy-Week-Brings-Back-Memories-For-Greatest-Generation Written by Dave McKinley Petty Officer Mark Riddell explains weaponry to visitors aboard USS DeWert BUFFALO, NY – As one of only 18 communities across the country which … Continue reading →

  Follow Us     Squirrel brains and the taste of sulphur: War-reenacting “dorks” dive deep into history. By Anthony Paletta September 15, 2012 From the cover of Man of War, by Charlie Schroeder   The average person’s engagement with this … Continue reading →