War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding

right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its

size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.

Welcome to Key Battles of American History,

a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.

Here is your host, James Early.

Thank you. your host, James Early. Hello and welcome to the final episode in Key Battles of the War of 1812.

This is your host, James, as always.

And I've got Steve Guerra with me, as always. Remember, don't forget, I've said

this a few times, but I think it bears repeating. Steve has two really great podcasts,

history of the papacy and beyond the big screen. You definitely want to check those out. You'll really

enjoy those as I do. Steve, we're almost done with this. In fact, we're really technically done, but we're going to

give our listeners an epilogue. We probably need to talk a little bit about their lives after

the war, don't you think? Yeah, we've got to tell the rest of the story. A rest of the story.

That's right. So what do you think? Where should we start off for the rest of the story with King George,

maybe? Yeah, let's go all the rest of the story with King George, maybe?

Yeah, let's go all the way to the top. Let's go through the Brits first, and then we'll talk about the Americans.

I think that's a pretty good way. And listener, you know, I admit my bias. I am American.

I'm, Steve is American. We've probably given more emphasis to the American. Well, we've definitely given more emphasis to the American side than the British side. If someone who were

Canadian were doing this podcast series, it would come out probably very differently than the

way we've done it. If somebody were British, it would be still different. And so we admit our

biases, and we're not going to talk about as many British figures in this episode as we are American figures.

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