We don't like to talk about it
Canada spends almost $20M on 'War of 1812' remembrance; USA, $5,000. Star-Spangled Banner or not, that was a war we'd prefer to pretend never happened.
If the Brits had won, we'd have gone back to being a bagful of colonies under British rule. Which means that, by now, Eminem, John Wayne, and Michael Jackson would have been knighted. Tell me it's not better this way.
If the Brits had won, we'd have gone back to being a bagful of colonies under British rule. Which means that, by now, Eminem, John Wayne, and Michael Jackson would have been knighted. Tell me it's not better this way.