In Canada, the War of 1812 has taken on various meanings. In the immediate aftermath, alongside the “Loyalist” narrative of fleeing from the defeat of the British at the hands of American rebels, the
Buffalo was once a proud, strong, important city. Burned by the British during the War of 1812, it rebuilt and eventually became the Erie Canal’s western terminus. From its earliest days through the I
A biography of Andrew Jackson from his childhood in South Carolina, through his military career in the War of 1812, to his legacy as the seventh president of the United States.
