Related- See also The Virgin Mary and the Battle of New Orleans
I find out actually yesterday this is a legal holiday in the State of Louisiana if Parishes wish to take it. Now a little song
In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip. We took a little bacon an' we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British at the town of New Orleans.
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We fired our guns an' the British kept a'comin'. There wasn't nigh as many as there was awhile ago. We fired once more an' they begin to runnin' Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. We looked down the river an' we seed the British comin', There must a'been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum. They stepped so high an' they made their bugles ring, We stood beside our cotton bales an'didn't say a thing.
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Ole Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise, If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eyes. We held our fire 'til we seed their faces well, Then we opened up our squirrel guns an' really gave 'em ...well!
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Yeah, they ran through the briars an' they ran through the brambles An' they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go. They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down, So we grabbed an alligator an' we fought another round. We filled his head with cannon balls an' powdered his behind, An' when they touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind.
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Friday, January 8, 2010
Happy Battle of New Orleans Day!!!
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I have mixed feelings on the Battle of New Orleans. On the one hand, the War of 1812 was a stupid war for the Americans to agitate for. It was costly and unnecessary and we gained very little by it (apart from taking more land from the real losers in the war, the Indians). Furthermore, the Battle of New Orleans propelled one of the most detestible persons in American history, Andrew Jackson, to national political prominence. And, finally, the war was already over when the battle was fought.
On the other hand, I've been a big fan of Jean Lafitte ever since I was a kid. And, as a matter of national pride, it was pretty cool for a bunch of farmers and frontiersmen to hand the best army in the world, fresh off its victory in the Napoleanic Wars, such a devastating asskicking.
I have to admit I have HUGE mixed feelings on Andrew Jackson. In some ways a good President. However his treatment of the Indians was horrific
You DO know we defeated the British because of the prayers of the Ursuline nuns, don't you? They also prayed to divert Hurricane Katrina from the city and the hurricane went eastward to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Too bad the federal levees were so weak that they failed even thought the hurricane missed us.
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