Honoring Our Past and Rededicating to Our Future
by Lawrence Kadish • July 4, 2022 at 5:00 am
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Just several short years after grudgingly recognizing the United States, the British were not done with their former colony. In 1812, they sought to invade our nation at three points: from Canada; an amphibious assault from the Chesapeake, and an attack at New Orleans at the mouth of the Mississippi River that would block the crucial trade of goods arriving from our nation's interior.
It was an existential moment for the United States; while it would have been daunting for the British to reclaim its colonies, it could easily have robbed the United States of its future, especially at a time when our internal politics were as fractured and unforgiving as they are today.
