Along the U.S.-Canadian Border, Skirmishes Persist Over War of 1812
200 Years Later, Both Sides Feel Like Winners; Dueling Celebrations at Forts

By ALISTAIR MACDONALD
Walll Street Journal
June 17, 2012

FORT GEORGE, Ontario—As Canadian Dan Laroche, dressed as a British redcoat, fired a musket and regaled his audience here with tales of panicked American surrender, Marie DeVita, from Brooklyn, N.Y., turned to friends with a question: "Wait a minute, didn't we win the War of 1812?"

Two hundred years ago Monday, the U.S. officially declared war on Britain, starting a two-year conflict that became known as the War of 1812. Two centuries on, skirmishes continue across the Niagara River here. The cause: who won the war. [read the entire article]