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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2013 17:52:57 GMT -5
We will fight them in the bayous the swamps and thickets this rabble that dares us to enter New Orleans will receive a taste of English steel the very idea of this mob of gutter snips opposing the Kings Army , indeed .
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Post by Sir John on Apr 16, 2013 18:06:56 GMT -5
Was New Orleans the only fight the Yanks won in 1812?
It is the only one they want to talk (or sing) about!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2013 18:09:11 GMT -5
I can't figure out which one of you is worse. The one who throws out the bait or the one who takes it.
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Post by Sir John on Apr 16, 2013 18:34:15 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2013 18:43:26 GMT -5
The Kings Army burnt down the White House , and that pissed a lot of people off , but all things being equal the Kings men found out what color the Americans liked at New Orleans .
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Post by Sir John on Apr 16, 2013 19:15:02 GMT -5
Wasn't the Battle of New Orleans AFTER the War of 1812?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2013 20:05:32 GMT -5
Actually the treaty of Ghent had not yet been approve by the President or Congress and wasn't agreed upon until February 1815 6 weeks after New Orleans .
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Post by Sir John on Apr 16, 2013 21:15:47 GMT -5
Not sure why, but the fine city of Melbourne has an outer suburb named 'Pakenham'. Used to be a nearby country town, but has been consumed by the ever growing city.
It could not go back any more than to about 1850, long after the War of 1812.
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Post by Sir John on Apr 16, 2013 21:18:19 GMT -5
Yep, Mr Wikipedia confirms that he gave his name to the town, in 1859.
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