These people are odd sometimes
VulcanSpirit
Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Thu 24 Nov 2011 04:22
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The War of 1812 was one of the most stupid and
pointless ever fought. The US Congress declared war on Great Britain having been
provoked beyond reason by British interference with trade in the Caribbean. The
War lasted until 1815, and was entirely inconclusive. It did spawn however the
American National Anthem, the Star Spangled Banner, composed as a poem on the
deck of a British warship shelling Fort McHenry by an American prisoner
Francis Scott Key and later set to a popular British tune.
But all around Chesapeake this inconclusive little
war is being remembered with a somewhat manufactured and artificial 200th
anniversary. As an example, here is Maryland's 2012 car licence
plate:
 Strange.
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