Write a commentA publication about Major-General Robert Ross and the Anglo-American War of 1812 was launched at Bagenal’s Castle last week a few weeks before the War of 1812 Conference in Rostrevor in July.
Chairperson, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, Naomi Bailie thanked historian Gordon Lucy and all who assisted with the book. Gordon, funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Ulster-Scots Community Network contributed the narrative for the publication. The book was edited and designed by the Council’s Programme Co-ordinator Andrew Kernaghan, and will be available in limited printed format and then through the Newry and Mourne Museum website in PDF format.
At the launch of the publication Cllr Bailie said “I am delighted to be a part of this launch here today, this is a superb publication and hope everyone enjoys reading it. I am confident that the legacy of Major-General Robert Ross, commemorated by the 100 foot tall obelisk in Rostrevor will live on for many years to come”.
The launch of the publication is ahead of Newry, Mourne and Down Council’s War of 1812 Legacy Conference to be held on the 3rd and 4th July at Kilbroney Integrated School in Rostrevor. The conference will have international speakers from America and Canada as well as here locally with Rostrevor’s own Dr John McCavitt.
War of 1812 Legacy Conference - 3rd and 4th July 2015
Kilbroney Integrated Primary School, Rostrevor
Programme
Friday 3rd July
Professor Don Hickey
"Forgotten Conflict: Why the War of 1812 Matters Today"
Dr. John McCavitt
"Physical legacies of the War of 1812 in Britain, Ireland and North America"
Professor R. Dave Edmunds
"They Have Driven Us From the Sea to the Lakes": Tecumseh, the War of 1812, and the Aftermath"
Professor Gene Smith
“Gambling for Freedom: What Resulted from Slave Choices”
Jason Wiese
“Glorious Victory!: The Battle of New Orleans in Early American Prints.”
Kevin Chambers
'New Orleans and beyond'
Professor Daniel feller
"America's Hero: New Orleans and the Apotheosis of Andrew Jackson"
Saturday 4th July
Major John R. Grodzinski
’The Defence of These Dominions:’ The Effect of the War of 1812 on the Defence of British North America, 1815-1867.”
Dr Faye M. Kert
‘Written on the Sea. The Legacy of Privateering in the War of 1812.’
Dr Samuel Watson
"Turmoil and Memory: Short- and Long-Term Legacies of the War of 1812 for the U.S. Army"
Dr Ralph Eshelman
“Myth From the War of 1812: Did the British Really Burn Washington?”
Christopher T. George
"Who Remembers General Robert Ross, Anyway? How Baltimore Remembers the Man Who Captured Washington, D.C."
Dr Charles Neimeyer
"With the Marines and Navy at Bladensburg and Baltimore."
