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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: October 13, 2012
Caption: War in the Chesapeake
Additional Description: During the War of1812 the young United States was embroiled in conflict with Great Britain. From 1812 to 1815 Americans fought to protect their rights and economic independence. They faced superior enemy forces on the homefront and the high seas.

The strategically important Chesapeake Bay region felt the brunt of the war, choked by shipping blockades and ravaged by enemy raids. The events in this region were crucial to the outcome ofthe war.

Though there was no clear victor at the end ofthe war, the United States protected its democracy and emergedwith heightened stature on the world stage.
Submitted: August 9, 2016, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p358889
File Size: 1.665 Megabytes

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