Showing posts with label Battle of Lake Champlain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battle of Lake Champlain. Show all posts
Sunday, October 1, 2017
Civil War Trust Battles in September-- Part 1: Fort McHenry Bombardment
1st-- 1862: Battle of Chantilly, Va.
2nd-- Federal forces occupy Atlanta, Ga.
8th: 1781: Battle of Eutaw Springs, S.C.
11th-- 1777: Battle of Brandywine, Pa.
11th-- 1814: Battle of Lake Champlain, N.Y.
12th-- 1814: Battle of North Point, Md.
13th-- 1814 Bombardment of Fort McHenry, Md. You know, that Star-Spangled thing.
Oh, Say Can You See. --Da Coot
Friday, March 9, 2012
1812 Bits: Hero Remembered-- Get Your Star-Spangled Banner Coins
1812 Bits-- commemorating the bicentennial of the War of 1812.
1. HERO REMEMBERED-- A program was held in Hartford, Connecticut honoring Commodore Thomas MacDonough, hero of the Battle of Lake Champlain.
2. GET YOUR STAR-SPANGLED COINS-- The US Mint has begun selling these coins starting Mar. 5th and available through mid-December. A total of 100,000 gold ones and 500,000 silver are being made.
The front of the silver one shows a woman waving an American flag with Fort McHenry in the background. The front of the gold one has warships and the words, "Oh say can you see."
Gotta Get Me One. --Cooter
1. HERO REMEMBERED-- A program was held in Hartford, Connecticut honoring Commodore Thomas MacDonough, hero of the Battle of Lake Champlain.
2. GET YOUR STAR-SPANGLED COINS-- The US Mint has begun selling these coins starting Mar. 5th and available through mid-December. A total of 100,000 gold ones and 500,000 silver are being made.
The front of the silver one shows a woman waving an American flag with Fort McHenry in the background. The front of the gold one has warships and the words, "Oh say can you see."
Gotta Get Me One. --Cooter
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