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SACKETS HARBOR — In honor of the 208th anniversary of the Second Battle of Sackets Harbor, several local War of 1812 re-enactors will set up camp Saturday at the Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site. They will be joined by bagpiper Mark Franey. Following the outbreak of War in 1812, the village became the center of American naval and military activity for the upper St. Lawrence Valley and Lake Ontario, according to the Sackets Harbor Battlefield Alliance. In an attempt to destroy the American shipyard, a British-Canadian force launched an attack on May 29, 1813. At that time, the majority of the American forces were across the lake attacking Fort George, but the remaining Americans drove off the enemy — though their military stores were destroyed by fire. During the remainder of the war, the village was an active station where naval ships were constructed and supplied.

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