New and Noteworthy on F&O: from the War of 1812 to Sheep Hotspots
Two centuries ago today warfare between Great Britain and America came to its legal end, with the ratification of the The Treaty of Ghent on February 16, 1815. Writes F&O Thoughtlines columnist Jim McNiven in the first of a three-part series on the War of 1812: The War of 1812 was fought by the incompetent against the distracted. There are a few flashes of brilliance against this foggy background on land by British General Isaac Brock and American General Andrew Jackson. The war ended with both sides agreeing to roughly the status quo. Yet big things came out of this standoff.