The war of 1812 began on this date in history when Congress
declared war on Great Britain and President James Madison signed
the measure into law. Why we call it the War of 1812 is lost on
me because it wasn’t over until Christmas of 1814 and the
biggest victory for the United States occurred after the war was
over. Seems Andy Jackson and his boys in New Orleans didn’t get
the news and met the British in a famous battle around Lake
Borgne. The battle took place in January of 1815….so officially,
one cannot say there was a battle of New Orleans in the war of
1812 because it was 1815 and the war was over. But, since
Cleveland had already taken the moniker “the mistake by the
lake” I guess they had to call it something. Wouldn’t that be
pretty bad luck if you fought and died for your country in a
battle of a war that was already over? Now, not long before the
war was over, Washington DC was in big trouble. On August 24,
1814, soldiers were racing alongside the civilians out of town
in a panic. The British had la