good evening. i am delighted and really honored to be here to talk about the battle for life champlain in 1814. been thinking about for several years have i seen the bicentennial coming. i have not been a student of the war of 18 well my whole life. i of 1812 my whole life. i connected with the shipwrecks through lake champlain. over the last several years, we have been traveling with our our reach program in interpreting the war of 1812, knowing that in 1914, we were going to have an opportunity to talk about the things that happened here, which we think are really very important and very special. it s also important to acknowledge that september 11 is a powerful date in history. i spoke to my elderly mom today in new york city, and she told me she was watching tv where they were reciting the names of all the folks who lost their lives back in. my brother, my cousin, my dad, all of those losses that hap pened. i feel for that. in fact, in the aftermath of 9/11, i was traum
that s this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to cspan.org. each week american artifacts visits museums and historic places. 200 years ago on september 11th, 1814, british and american naval forces clashed for 2 1/2 hours in cumberland bay near plaths burgh. david fitz-enz, author of the final takes us on a tour of key locations to tell the story. pilot, joseph baron, ship saratoga september 11th, 1814, battle of plattsburgh in cumberland bay. this battle is lost to american history. at the first 100th anniversary, it was known by everyone. this was a human celebration. people knew how important the ballots was, but in the meantime things have changed. that poem became the national anthem, baltimore is in the center of a pop you lated area, and people have been taught what took place there, and what took place there was very important, but it was a diversion. the real battle was up here. you see, if the british can take plattsburgh, t
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