Anniversary of the Battle of Bladensburg

http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/htf/1812historydir/EnterBladensburg.html

http://www.essortment.com/all/washingtondcch_rnep.htm

It somehow seems both appropriate and ironic that the biggest and most embarrassing military defeat the U.S. has ever suffered was in defense of my hometown. The event is studiously ignored by one and all.