War of 1812 - War of 1812 - War: Neither the British in Canada nor the United States were prepared for war. Americans were inordinately optimistic in 1812. William Eustis, the U.S. secretary of war, stated, “We can take the Canadas without soldiers, we have only to send officers into the province and the people…will rally round our standard.” Henry Clay said that “the militia of Kentucky are alone competent to place Montreal and Upper Canada at your feet.” And Thomas Jefferson famously wrote The British government, preoccupied with the European conflict, saw American hostilities as a bothersome distraction, resulting in a paucity of resources in men, supplies, and
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Updated: 12/03/21, 12:31 pm
In 2011: Commander Keri Harris of HMS Campbeltown, right, presents the original telescope given to the ship by the RNLI back to George Bradley, operations manager of Campbeltown Lifeboat.
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As patrons of Airdrie Public Library (APL) will most likely know, the library opened its doors on March 2 after the Province announced a lifting of some restrictions.
After the first closure last March and re-opening in July, followed by another closure in December and then last week’s re-opening, we’ve become adept at rolling with the ups and downs of this pandemic.
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While we all look for anything that smells of what life was like before all this began, significant events like a pandemic mean there will inevitably be a new type of normal.