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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Tom Hand

    Americana Corner: “Don’t give up the ship” (opens the original)

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    There were many memorable battles during the War of 1812 that have become part of the American legend, Perry’s great naval victory on Lake Erie and Jackson’s coup de grace at the Battle of New Orleans immediately come to mind. But one of the more compelling stories of the war was an engagement between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon, a single ship duel fought roughly twenty miles northeast of Boston near Cape Ann in the late spring of 1813. Known as the Battle of Boston Harbor, it was fought by t

  2. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Tom Hand

    Americana Corner: Our Navy’s roots (opens the original)

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    The United States Navy that performed so well in the War of 1812 can trace its roots to October 13, 1775, for on that memorable day the Continental Congress passed a resolution that created the Continental Navy. This law authorized the purchase of two merchant vessels to be converted into warships, the first of which was USS Alfred, commissioned on December 3, and named after the 9th-century English monarch Alfred the Great. Then, on December 22, Commodore Esek Hopkins stood on the deck of Alfre

  3. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · Tom Hand

    Americana Corner: 1814: The British invade the North (opens the original)

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    With the collapse of Napoleon’s empire in the spring of 1814, Great Britain was able to finally focus its attention on the American army. From April to December 1814, the British sent thirty-three infantry battalions, ten artillery companies, and one cavalry regiment, roughly 28,000 veteran troops, to North America. Of these, roughly one quarter were sent to Lower Canada to augment the sizable forces already in that area with the intention of invading up the Lake Champlain corridor and punishing

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