Detroit / Windsor and the War of 1812 Bicentenial Thread

[SWMAP]

You know that Detroit has declined to participate in the War 1812 Commemorations due to having no money to join with the other cities that are hosting & planning hosting events. Think all Detroit would have had to do is committ police hours for events, etc. The Navy was going to do the hard work. Hard to believe there is not enough money for that. Windsor is participating.

Think truth is there is not enough interest here.

[Lowell]

You know that Detroit has declined to participate in the War 1812 Commemorations due to having no money to join with the other cities that are hosting & planning hosting events. Think all Detroit would have had to do is commit police hours for events, etc. The Navy was going to do the hard work. Hard to believe there is not enough money for that. Windsor is participating.

Think truth is there is not enough interest here.

Don't know if it was a factor but Detroit's ignominious history was not a lot to brag about.

Facing what he believed to be superior forces thanks to his enemy's cunning stratagems such as instructing the Native American warriors to make as much noise as possible around the fort, Hull surrendered Fort Detroit to Sir Isaac Brock on August 16, 1812. Accounts of the incident varied widely. A subordinate, Colonel Lewis Cass placed all blame for the surrender on Hull and subsequently succeeded Hull as Territorial Governor. Hull was court-martialed, and at a trial presided over by General Henry Dearborn, with evidence against him given by Robert Lucas, a subordinate and the future governor of Ohio and territorial governor of Iowa. Hull was sentenced to be shot, though upon recommendation of mercy by the court, Hull received a reprieve from President James Madison. [due to his Revolutionary War record]