OT: War of 1812

Alice Faber faber at HASKINS.YALE.EDU
Thu May 27 19:54:39 UTC 2010


On 5/27/10 3:37 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> At 3:13 PM -0400 5/27/10, Wilson Gray wrote:
>> I think that I was in the '50's, before I even knew that the U.S. had
>> tried to invade Canada. I knew that there had been some battle on the
>> Great Lakes that gave birth to some saying that I can't recall, at the
>> moment.

Admiral something-or-other on Lake Erie, no?

Alice

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