OT: War of 1812

[Wilson Gray]

"Natives getting short shrift in _War of 1812 Bicentennial_!"


Did anyone else besides Geoff Nathan know that Canada *celebrates* the
War of 1812?

In the American-history history books of my school years, only slavery
got less attention. War of 1812: Impressment of sailors on American
ships. The end.

American history: final exam
War of 1812
Q. Define "impressment"
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
–Mark Twain

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