A Funny Thing Happened

On The Way to Montreal

Presentation Glenn McKnight and Robert Bell,

FBSC

“Strike wherever we can reach the enemy, at sea and on land. But if we fail, let us fail like men, lash ourselves to our gallant gars, and expire together in one common struggle, fighting for free trade and seaman's rights.”Henry Clay, House Speaker, US SenateDuring the War of 1812

War of 1812 Oshawa Project

Big Picture of the War

Local Activities Impact of the War History One Demand

Table of Contents

The Project

The Project

Heritage Canada selected the Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities, FBSC to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the

War of 1812

Launch of website. mobile augmented reality videos, 10 part video series, articles and

presentations

The Aggressors 8 million Americans

Three types of soldiers, The Idealist, Opportunists and the Blood Thirsty

The Targets 80,000 settlers– 35,000 Loyalist– 25,000 Later Loyalist– 20,000 Direct British

3/4 former Americans 14,000 Militia 10,000 Natives

British Forces deeply involved in the European theatre

The Protagonists

America Divided country on the

war effort Angry over the

impressment of US Sailors into the British Navy An army of less than

12,000 A navy of 16 ships According to Pres.

Thomas Jefferson, The war was a `mere march to Montreal

Britian Britain, its former colonial

ruler, was the most powerful empire in the world, with An army of 48,000 A navy of 600 warships Preoccupied with a long

war in Europe against Napoleon 1803-1815.

Declaration of War

1812

June 18 – Declaration of WarJuly 17 – Fort MackinacAugust 15 – Fort Dearborn (Chicago)August 16 – Fort DetroitSeptember 3-6 – Western RaidsOctober 13 – Queenston Heights

1813January 22 – FrenchtownApril 27 – York (Toronto)April 28 - May 9 – Fort MeigsMay 25-27 – Fort George (Niagara)June 6 – Stoney CreekJune 24 – Beaver DamsAugust 2 – Fort Stephenson (Ohio)October 5 – ThamesOctober 26 – ChâteauguayNovember 11 – Crysler's FarmDecember 19 – Fort Niagara

1814March 4 – Battle of LongwoodsJuly 3 – Fort ErieJuly 5 – ChippawaJuly 17-20 – Prairie du ChienJuly 25 – Lundy's LaneAugust 4-5 – MichilimackinacAugust 15 – Fort ErieNovember 5 – Niagara PeninsulaDecember 24 – Treaty of Ghent

Major Battles

British 8,600 Deaths Captured Michilimackinac,

Fort Niagara and much of eastern Maine

1523 ships lost Many prisoners 25 Millon pounds to the

national debt Canada Untold personal property

loss from burning and looting of property

Human pain and suffering

Cost of the WarUS 11,600 Deaths Captured Amherstburg and

Sandwich (now Windsor $90 million dollars or 2.2% of GDP

or 1.553 Trillion The US Senate figured it would cost

another $56 million to continue the war and the US Treasury only had $15 million

1,523 US Ships seized during the war Serious financial loss to commerce

in the New England states Near bankruptcy

Local Militia Trade and Commerce Buried Treasure Attack on Oshawa Harbour US POW Camp

LOCAL STORIES

Local MilitiaJohn Kerr

First settler located at the current site of Parkwood Estate

Noadiah Woodruff, Mathew Terwelleger in the 1st Regiment York Militia, Roger ConantEbenezar RansonJohn McGregor

14,000 Provincial MilitiaAges 15 to 63 years oldLocal militiaswere training prior to the war

Paid as a substitute to become a guard in the war

Settled in Oshawa end of war buying 100 acres from proceeds of selling weekly militia rations for $40

Thomas Henry

Moode Farewell Moode Farewell's Tavern at King and Harmony Streets

Watering hole for troops, dispatch riders to and from from Kingston to York and beyond

Closed tavern at end of war

Moode Farewell

US pursuit of the paymaster's sloop the Mary Ann sailed into the Western portion of Oshawa

Ship abandoned and Americans burned ship

British sailors shirted away the payroll of $100,000 and buried and it has never been retrieved

Buried Treasure

Attack on Oshawa Harbour

US POW CAMP

US Prison Camp in Oshawa

U S Prison Camp-Fire

Impact of the War Americans

Huge financial cost Unsuccessful in campaign Formation of a professional army Licence to expand west Open season on Native lands Building of the Erie Canal Bolster US manufacturing and

cotton production

Canadians Birth of legends Forging of an identity Military experience proved to be

critical in the formation of communities

Building and completion of the Rideau Canal to bypass the St Lawrence in 1832 from US blockade

Tougher stance on US immigration and intolerance to Republican sentiments

Seeds set for the Rebellion of 1837

A February 2012 poll found that in a list of items that could be used to define Canadians' identity, the fact that Canada successfully repelled an American invasion in the War of 1812 places second (25%), only behind the fact that Canada has universal health care (53%)

Website www.1812waroshawa.com

Historical Geocaching

Augmented Reality

10 Part Video Series

Website

Video SeriesPropaganda and an American Soldier

Robbery of Local Homestead by MilitiaCompensation to local farmers

US POW CampConant`s Gold

Attack on Oshawa HarbourTecumseh

The AmputationGeneral Issac Brock

Mary Henry, The other Heroine

Augmented Reality

All five of the Geocache

locations have a short AR video viewable from a

smart phone

ThanksHeritage Canada

Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities

Oshawa Community MuseumsImperial Film Productions

Oshawa Little TheatrePickering Village

Clarington MuseumDigital Deceptions

Pictorial Oshawa, Thomas Bockley