September 10, 2013
Today is the bicentennial of the Battle of Lake Erie
A field trip to commemorate the occasion, with a stop in Toledo for “Perry’s Victory” at the Toledo Museum of Art.
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September 7, 2012
Briefly: The U.S. Brig Niagara is in town
See the ship that won back Detroit and learn how to shoot a flintlock pistol during a very special War of 1812 Bicentennial Navy Week.
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August 16, 2012
Today is the bicentennial of the surrender of Detroit
Presently a shell whizzed past him, taking with it the pipe from his mouth. He was unharmed, but was so indignant at the unceremonious treatment and the loss of his pipe that he seized his musket and … fired at the battery of the enemy until his ammunition was exhausted.
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June 21, 2012
Detroit and the War of 1812
Four reasons to celebrate Detroit’s role in the War of 1812. We’ll talk more at Drunk History on Thursday, 6/21.
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