Americans Kill British Troops On Indepedence Day
THE US is celebrating killing British troops on Happy Indepedence Day, with Johnny Cash. So says Yampster in the Forums:
It’s a little known fact that as the battle of New Orleans was fought after peace was signed between Britain and the USA it’s the first recorded case of the Americans killing British servicemen while at peace with them. Of course we had to wait for over a century before they started killing us while we were on the same side.
Happy ID Day…
Posted: 4th, July 2009 | In: Media Comments (6) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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July 6th, 2009 at 12:53 am
No, you chose to assume that I chose to blame the Americans for the on going fighting. I did no such thing. Read the original post again. It’s part of America’s paranoia not mine.
July 5th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Yampster, that is History as written about that War. Not US’s version of the history of that War. You are the one who deliberately chose to blame America solely for the on-going fighting after a Peace Agreement was signed and thus make us the ‘bad guys’, which was made obvious in your need to mention that another century went by before we killed more Bitish soldiers.
July 5th, 2009 at 11:21 am
The american version of the facts does not detract from my original statement. We were at peace when the action took place. To reduce the discussion to schoolyard taunts of ‘well you started it’ does nothing to cover the fact that this was a tragic final action in a pointless tragic war.
July 5th, 2009 at 4:21 am
Yampster, your version above and here is History’s version!
http://www.historycentral.com/1812/NewOrleans.html.
July 5th, 2009 at 3:36 am
I have to admit, Yampster, I am quite embarrassed to have put that song in fun on Anorak not realizing the truth behind it. However, I do know about the history re the White House colour. Also, another bit of ‘our’ history, across the other side of the Potomac River, from where I live, all I have to do is look across the River and there on the hill is Fort Washington, which was built to protect DC from the British coming down it. Lovely historic place to visit, dungeons there, old canons still mounted - presume it was left standing in case you all came back. (joking)
July 5th, 2009 at 2:23 am
When I say it’s a little known fact I do of course mean it’s a little known fact over there. It is quite a well known fact over here. Another little known fact over there is the reason the White house is white. They had to paint it white to cover the scorch marks after we burnt it down in during the same war.