List of War of 1812 Bicentennial explained

The War of 1812 Bicentennial were a series of events to commemorate the War of 1812 in Canada and the United States during the war's bicentenary, 2012–2015. Included here is a list of planned commemorations and organizations.

Canada

The Canadian Government marked the bicentennial as a national event.

• Canadian Heritage

Ontario

• Niagara 1812 Legacy Council
• Ontario Historical Society

New Brunswick

• New Brunswick Provincial Committee for Commemorations of War of 1812

United States

The U.S. government has had no formal organization or committee to coordinate commemorations of the War of 1812; the War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Act failed to pass Congress in 2006.^[1]

U.S. military commemorations

• U.S. Navy Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the Star-Spangled Banner
• Naval History and Heritage Command
• Preserve the Pensions! (A project to digitize all of the War of 1812 pension files by the end of the war's bicentennial)

Illinois

• Illinois War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission
• Illinois War of 1812 Society

Indiana

• Vincennes War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission

Iowa

• Planned commemorations at the old Fort Madison site.

Kentucky

• Kentucky War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission

Louisiana

• Commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans (January 8, 2015)

Maryland

• Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission
• Maryland's Star Spangled 200 Celebration

Michigan

• The Michigan Commission on the Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812

New York

In 2011, New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill to establish a formal War Of 1812 Bicentennial Commission.^[2] Previous versions of the bill were vetoed repeatedly by Gov. David Paterson in 2009^[3] and 2010.^[4]

North Carolina

• North Carolina War of 1812 Bicentennial

Ohio

• Ohio War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission

Virginia

• James Madison Center War of 1812 Bicentennial
• Virginia Bicentennial of the War of 1812 Commission

Washington, D.C.

• Washington DC War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission "Building Heritage Bridges"

External links

• Online PBS film and shorts on the War of 1812 from WNED

Notes and References

1. S. 959:Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Act, GovTrack, http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-959
2. Barclay: Cuomo Should Have Signed War of 1812 Anniversary Commission Legislation, newzjunky.com,http://www.newzjunky.com/news/0927barclay_1812.htm
3. Paterson Vetoes Creating War Of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, Albany Project, Web site: the albany project:: Paterson Vetoes Creating War Of 1812 Bicentennial Commission. November 7, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111004120908/http://www.thealbanyproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=7018. October 4, 2011.
4. Governor says War of 1812 commission should have been funded in the budget, Syracuse Post-Standard, http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/oswego_loses_again_with_govern.html