200 years ago today

[David Thorpe]

Most Americans (except for those residing in northwest New York state), have indeed forgotten about the War of 1812.

Many in Ohio, especially the northwest corner, would take issue with that statement. Oliver Hazard Perry is pretty much a household name in those parts.

The remnants of the original nations of the area, now mostly in Oklahoma, will likely never forget either. The end of British rule in the Northwest Territory removed the last barrier to their forced-march "relocation" from their ancestral homelands to "Indian Territory". Tecumseh is a fairly well-known name here too.