War of 1812

• US Navy War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemoration Strategic Communications Plan Overview
  
• 1812 Commemoration Events (OPsail)
• Why Commemorate?
  

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• 200th Anniversary Suggested Activities
• Suggested Movie List
  • Movie Discussion Points
• Suggested Reading: Six Frigates
  • Six Frigates Discussion Points
• Block 39 Educational Resources

• Photographic Image Collection >> View

• Artifacts: 1812 Collection (Flickr)

• USS Constitution Virtual Tour
• 1812 Commemoration videos from navy.mil
• Craig Symonds lecture on Battle of Midway/1812
• USS Constitution - Sailor's Life for Me! (Game)

Bloggers Roundtable

• Discover a time capsule from 1812
• War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemoration
  
• Historian Explains War of 1812’s Impact on National Defense
• Bicentennial of The War of 1812
• War of 1812 Flagship Reveals Its Secrets

East Coast

• Massachusetts - Boston Inner Harbor
• Virginia- Norfolk Harbor & Elizabeth River
• Maryland - Baltimore Harbor
• New York -New Jersey - Hudson & East Rivers

Gulf Coast

• Louisiana - New Orleans Harbor

• American Merchant Marine and Privateers War of 1812
• United States Revenue Cutter Service War of 1812
• Fort Henry National Monument & Historic Shrine
• Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission
• Maryland Bicentennial Commission
• Washington DC War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission
• National History Education Clearinghouse War of 1812 Bicentennial

QUICK FACTS

• War of 1812
• Costs of Major US Wars
• Quotable Quotes

• Officers Famous in the US Navy 1794 -1815: Select Reading List
• Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in War of 1812
• Thomas Macdonough - half-pay as a Lieutenant

Biographies

• Bainbridge, William
• Barney, Joshua
• Breese, Kidder Randolph
• Chauncey, Isaac
• Decatur, Stephen
• Elbert, Samuel
• Evans, Samuel
• Farragut, David Glasgow
• Hull, Isaac
• Lynch, William Francis
• Maury, Matthew Fontaine
• Shaw, John
• Stoddert, Benjamin
• Woolsey, Melancthon Taylor

• An Archaeological Survey:War of 1812 Shipwreck -USS Scorpion
• United States Naval History: A Bibliography
• Old Ironsides' Battle Record:(Documents of USS Constitution's Illustrious Deeds)
• The Defense and Burning of Washington in 1814
  (Naval Documents of the War of 1812)
• Uniform Regulations, 1814

• Bibliography
• USS Constitution History

Lectures

• Craig Symonds lecture on Battle of Midway/1812
• Scorpion Archaeology
• Prof. Kevin McCranie (Naval War College), strategic appraisal of 200 years (YouTube)