Fort Henry, Kingston ON

Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario, was built during the War of 1812 to defend against American attacks. 🛡️ A National Historic Site, it offers a glimpse into Canada's military past. 🇨🇦 #Canada #FortHenry #Warof1812

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Henry_National_Historic_Site

1813 in Canada
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HMS Shannon defeats the USS Chesapeake, whose captain dies; with a cannon salute, six Royal Navy captains act as pallbearers to his grave

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=YFjsv_pBGBYC&dat=18130708&printsec=frontpage
Pg. 3 of 3 (lefthand page, 4th column)

See also: The Shannon captain's description of the fight
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=YFjsv_pBGBYC&dat=18131007&printsec=frontpage Pg. 2 of 2 (lefthand page, 3rd column)
A Chesapeake officer's description of the fight
https://archives.novascotia.ca/newspapers/archives/?ID=778&Page=201113103 (3rd column)

#RoyalNavy #USNavy #frigate

See also: USS Chesapeake
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/uss-chesapeake

1813 in Canada
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#WarOf1812
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#Kahnawake, #Kanesatake, and #Akwesasne people are angry at not receiving support in their defeat of a large U.S. force

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269609
Pg. 2 (2nd column)

See also: Mohawk of the St Lawrence Valley
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mohawk-of-the-st-lawrence-valley

1813 in Canada
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#WarOf1812
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"This revolution in our domestic economy was well worth a #war" - Thomas Jefferson says U.S. textiles are developed enough to exclude British imports

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-07-02-0005

See also: A U.S. politician's comment "that the Coal of Nova Scotia is worth to us as much as a seven years' war will cost!"
https://archives.novascotia.ca/newspapers/archives/?ID=800&Page=201113192 (3rd column bottom)

#ThomasJefferson

1813 in Canada
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#WarOf1812
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A Halifax newspaper says "our affairs in Canada wear a more favorable aspect then [sic] we had a right to expect," the Lake Erie defeat notwithstanding

https://archives.novascotia.ca/newspapers/archives/?ID=796&Page=201113176
Pg. 3 (2nd column)

See also: Battle of Lake Erie (Battle of Put-in-Bay)
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-of-lake-erie-battle-of-put-in-bay

Procrastinators' Club showing up late to protest the War of 1812, Philadelphia, USA, 1966

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1925609/procrastinators-club-showing-up-late-to-protest-the-war-of-1812-philadelphia-usa-1966

1813 in Canada
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#WarOf1812
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After listing the country's setbacks, a New England newspaper asks what "has the least tendency towards the accomplishment of the professed object of the #war"

https://archives.novascotia.ca/newspapers/archives/?ID=795&Page=201113171
Pg. 2 (3rd column)

See also: War of 1812 - Campaigns in Upper Canada (1813)
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/war-of-1812

1813 in Canada
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#WarOf1812
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A large U.S. invasion force on the Chateauguay River is "foiled by a handful of men not amounting to a twentieth part of the force opposed to them"

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269634
Pg. 2 (2nd column)

See also: Battle of Châteauguay
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-of-chateauguay

1813 in Canada
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#history
#WarOf1812
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Pres. Madison decides to publicize the imprisonment of some British prisoners of war as hostages for the naturalized U.S. citizens taken to Britain for trial as traitors

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-06-02-0638

#PrisonersOfWar #JamesMadison

See also: James Madison
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/james-madison

1813 in Canada
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#WarOf1812
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A Quebec Gazette editorial: #War operations "depend on the result of the contest on the Lakes [and losing them] would be far more prejudicial to us than to the Americans"

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269625
Pg. 2 (4th column)

See also: War on the Lakes in the War of 1812 - 1813 Campaigning Season
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/war-on-the-lakes-in-the-war-of-1812