From: "Glenn Meadows" 

The Battle of New Orleans.

There's actually a US historical site on that battle field, Shelley and I
visited it on our honeymoon.  Interesting part of our history.

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Glenn M.
"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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> That was really reaching back there to my very young childhood memories.
> For some reason as a second grader I really liked that song.  Had it on a
> 45
> rpm single.  That one and "Running Bear Loves Little
Whitedove"  Ah ooh ga
> ooh ga ooh ga ooh ga.    Don't know why I liked them.  Who knows.
>
> Alan gets kudos for knowing the artist.   What was the title?
>
> Gary
>
> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>> LOL, thanks Gary, I remember that song (or some version of it).
>>
>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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>> > Yeah when you showed up the second time.  We killed the general as he
> got
>> > off the boat, and his troops were stopped well outside of Baltimore.
>> > Meanwhile the large armada of ships you sent against the fort near
>> > Baltimore
>> > on the coast was shelled non-stop for about 2 or 3 days.  We stayed,
> kept
>> > fiiring back, and your boats turned tail and ran without ever landing a
>> > man
>> > on shore.
>> >
>> > Then there was the vaunted attack on New Orleans where Andrew Jackson,
>> > I
>> > believe, rallied a bunch of locals, merchants and the like, and they
> drove
>> > the British regulars out to the sea, by way of a nice little romp
> through
>> > the alligator infested swamps.
>> >
>> > There was a great old country song about it in the 50's early 60's.
> That
>> > went something like:
>> >
>> > We fired our guns and the British kept a com'in,
>> > There wasn't as many as there was a while ago,
>> > We fired once more and they began a run'in,
>> > On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
>> >
>> > Well they ran through the briars and the ran through the brambles
>> > And they ran through the places where the rabbits couldn't go,
>> > They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em,
>> > On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
>> >
>> >
>> > Good show 'ol chap.
>> >
>> > Gary
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Adam Flinton" 
wrote in message
>> > news:4249ccb3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> Gary Britt wrote:
>> >> > After we kicked your country's ass and threw you
leeches out of our
>> > country,
>> >>
>> >> & only up to the 49th parallel & then what with
global warming...the
>> >> north is getting more pleasant anyway.
>> >>
>> >> Oh & we came back a couple of times to say hullo. One
attack launched
>> >> through a large chunk of the US you hadn't even got to
yet .
>> >>
>> >> I do think we should have got to keep the Oregon though coz we were
>> >> plainly there first (have a coast expect British in boats
to turn up
>> >> ).
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > 13 years after the beginning of that ass whooping we
put on your
>> > country,
>> >> > the members of the confederation of states
elected/appointed people
> to
>> > draw
>> >> > up a new constitution which was later ratified by
the votes of every
>> > member
>> >> > state.  That's who.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Ah right. Given the times this would have been a secret society of
>> >> wealthy people as most plots are. A self-selected rather
than elected
>> > group.
>> >>
>> >> > Or in short.  The people who spit on your king and killed your
> soldiers
>> > and
>> >> > ran them out and across an  ocean to safety drew it up.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Umm no most just went up north.
>> >>
>> >> > God I'm glad you asked that question.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> So you could reveal a deep ignorance of the existence of canada?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Adam
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Gary
>> >> >
>> >> > "Adam Flinton"
 wrote in message
>> >> > news:42474200$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> >
>> >> >>Gary Britt wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>The rule of law does not refer to rule by
judicial fiat, by rule of
>> > high
>> >> >>>priests in black robes carrying gavels.  It
refers to the laws
> passed
>> > by
>> >> >>>elected representatives.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>Who elected the traitors to the king who plotted
your constitution?
>> >> >>
>> >> >>Adam
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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