Comments on: From The Archives -- Remembering Our Most Forgettable War http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/31/from-the-archives-remembering-our-most-forgettable-war/ Reality-based political commentary Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:52:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/31/from-the-archives-remembering-our-most-forgettable-war/#comment-178073 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 02 Jun 2021 01:48:58 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20531#comment-178073 Heh. Heh.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/31/from-the-archives-remembering-our-most-forgettable-war/#comment-178071 nypoet22 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 15:44:32 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20531#comment-178071 But instead of posting the same article over and over, try a guest column. On pie for example. Get edible. But instead of posting the same article over and over, try a guest column. On pie for example.

Get edible.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/31/from-the-archives-remembering-our-most-forgettable-war/#comment-178070 nypoet22 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 03:43:09 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20531#comment-178070 metoo! metoo!

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/31/from-the-archives-remembering-our-most-forgettable-war/#comment-178069 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 01 Jun 2021 02:41:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20531#comment-178069 Chris, Well, isn't this a little bit of serendipity. Today, while cleaning out some book shelves, I came across a first draft of <i>Our Divided Beginnings</i>. I hope it is still a work in progress because there isn't an American history book yet written or to be written that would be more of page turner or harder to put down until it was finished than your compelling treatise detailing all of the rabble rousing along political lines from the birth of America. You can go ahead and consider this a pre-order request! Chris,

Well, isn't this a little bit of serendipity.

Today, while cleaning out some book shelves, I came across a first draft of Our Divided Beginnings.

I hope it is still a work in progress because there isn't an American history book yet written or to be written that would be more of page turner or harder to put down until it was finished than your compelling treatise detailing all of the rabble rousing along political lines from the birth of America.

You can go ahead and consider this a pre-order request!

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/05/31/from-the-archives-remembering-our-most-forgettable-war/#comment-178068 John M from Ct. Tue, 01 Jun 2021 01:27:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20531#comment-178068 Not bad overall, though I would argue that historians like to point out that the War of 1812 was, in effect, America's *second* war of Independence from Great Britain. We didn't lose, so it never came up. But what was at stake was whether the U.S. would be returned to the British Empire, if not as a possession then as a protectorate and trade colony. That such an outcome seems inconceivable speaks more to the way American history is taught than to the realities of the Napoleonic era and the British Empire of the 19th century. And of course, 'alternative history' is hard to do well, not that that has stopped innumerable books from telling us what happened after the South won the Civil War, or Hitler won World War II. The War of 1812 just can't get no respect, even in the pop alt-history novel genre! Finally, OK with the 'Key' gag - but check out Johnny Horton's fun song, 'The Battle of New Orleans' for a check on the assertion that the defense of Fort McHenry is all that Americans celebrate from the war. Not that it is the national anthem, of course, and its brief time in the sun as a pop hit is long gone ... but it's a h**l of a lot easier to sing than "Jose, can you see?" and maybe Congress should just up and do the right thing. Not bad overall, though I would argue that historians like to point out that the War of 1812 was, in effect, America's *second* war of Independence from Great Britain. We didn't lose, so it never came up. But what was at stake was whether the U.S. would be returned to the British Empire, if not as a possession then as a protectorate and trade colony. That such an outcome seems inconceivable speaks more to the way American history is taught than to the realities of the Napoleonic era and the British Empire of the 19th century. And of course, 'alternative history' is hard to do well, not that that has stopped innumerable books from telling us what happened after the South won the Civil War, or Hitler won World War II. The War of 1812 just can't get no respect, even in the pop alt-history novel genre!

Finally, OK with the 'Key' gag - but check out Johnny Horton's fun song, 'The Battle of New Orleans' for a check on the assertion that the defense of Fort McHenry is all that Americans celebrate from the war. Not that it is the national anthem, of course, and its brief time in the sun as a pop hit is long gone ... but it's a h**l of a lot easier to sing than "Jose, can you see?" and maybe Congress should just up and do the right thing.

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