“The War of Revolution is won, but the War for Independence is yet to be fought” – Benjamin Franklin
One major struggle 214 years ago passed into the history books as something we’d rather forget than celebrate. It was sparked by acts of piracy on the high seas committed against American vessels, stripped of their cargoes and in many cases their sailors, some forced into servitude in the British Navy. When the USS Chesapeake was fired upon off the coast of Virginia, four men taken against their will, Congress called for action. After much debate, on June 18th, President James Madison signed the paperwork. The War of 1812 had begun.
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