{"id":291,"date":"2012-12-22T14:01:22","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T14:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/blog\/?p=291"},"modified":"2012-12-22T14:01:22","modified_gmt":"2012-12-22T14:01:22","slug":"video-the-war-of-1812","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/22\/video-the-war-of-1812\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: The War of 1812"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<!-- Post Body Copy -->\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-bodycopy clearfix\">\n<p>This documentary shows how the glories of war become enshrined in history. How failures are quickly forgotten and how inconvenient truths are ignored forever. With stunning reenactments, evocative animation and the incisive commentary of key experts, The War of 1812 presents the strange and awkward conflict that shaped the destiny of a continent.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZrOCvkZxq4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On the same day that the Second Continental Congress convened, Ethan Allen, along with Arnold, who was then his lieutenant, launched a surprise attack on Ticonderoga, the fort so bitterly contested a generation before. Stores of weapons and munitions<br \/>\nwere captured, including artillery. Five weeks later, the colonists, working secretly during the night, pre-empted British plans<br \/>\nto fortify Boston by erecting their own emplacements on two ridges overlooking the city, Breed&#8217;s Hill and Bunker Hill. Their<br \/>\nnominal commander was Brigadier Artemus Ward, another veteran of the French-Indian War, but their guiding spirit was<br \/>\nJoseph Warren of St. Andrew&#8217;s Lodge.<\/p>\n<p>General Thomas Gage was subsequently to be blamed for what happened next, but the real responsibility lay with Sir William<br \/>\nHowe who had the authority, once the true nature of the situation became clear, to revoke the plan of battle or adhere to it<br \/>\nand suffer the inevitable cost. For a veteran subordinate of Amherst and Wolfe, Howe behaved strangely indeed.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chapter 18 &#8211; The War for Independence<br \/>\nThe Temple and the Lodge &#8211; Baigent &#038; Leigh<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wned\/war-of-1812\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pbs.org\" src=\"http:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/pics\/master.sitting.jpg\" title=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wned\/war-of-1812\/\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"216\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"pinterest\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"VIDEO%3A%20The%20War%20of%201812\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This documentary shows how the glories of war become enshrined in history. 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