War of 1812 Bicentennial Offers a Wealth of Historic Canadian Sites to Visit This Year

The following excerpt is from the October 22, 2013 Vancouver Sun website

The bicentennial of the War of 1812 will be commemorated with several re-enactments this year.
The bicentennial of the War of 1812 will be commemorated with several re-enactments this year.

Canada – Travellers interested in military history usually think of Europe as the place to visit battlefields, but Canada has its fair share of them and as this year marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, there is no better time to visit some of them.

The World Wars of last century are recent enough that they loom large in our memories, but it’s no understatement to say that the War of

1812 is every bit as important in Canada’s history as those great conflicts. In fact, if the outcome had been different there would probably be no country called Canada.

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About Dale Meitzler

Dale R. Meitzler : Assisted the start up of Heritage Quest in 1985 and participated in seven years of non-stop Heritage Quest Road Shows. Dale managed the warehouse at Heritage Creations, joined the U.S. Army in 2007, currently he manages warehouse operations and bookstore-vendor operations for Family Roots Publishing Company.

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