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Date: 2017-07-14 08:34 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] naath
It comes up so little in the UK that I associate 1812 with Napoleon in Russia not the war in the Americas. I mean, I know it happened, but just about nothing else about it.

Date: 2017-07-14 01:12 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] cmcmck
And the fact that the powers that were (not to mention the public) had their minds very much on other things and other places is why the war of 1812 isn't all that well remembered in the UK.

I'm a military historian and get reminded from time to time that there are oodles of ballads about the Napoleonic wars and almost none about the war of 1812.

Date: 2017-07-15 01:00 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] calimac
There are a few American ballads about the Battle of New Orleans, which Americans were insufferably proud of. We beat the guys who beat Napoleon, yadda yadda.

The war also gave rise to a few catchphrases famous in the US, of which "Don't give up the ship" and "We have met the enemy and he is ours" are the most famous, though the latter has since been eclipsed by Walt Kelly's altered version, "We have met the enemy and he is us."

Date: 2017-07-17 01:11 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] armiphlage
Here's one of the more popular Canadian songs about the War of 182:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVC677-YmfM

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