It
was the winter of 1812. The Canadians, long covetous of superior
American lands, such as Texas and California, waited for Lake Ontario to
freeze over. Then they sent their moose-back cavalry over the ice to
invade America.
Naturally, we sent them packing in short order.
President Madison celebrated by lighting a cigar and, in the process,
accidentally starting a fire in the city of Washington. But after
firefighters put it out, the Americans and Canadians made peace and have
kept it, however tenuous, ever since.
Skirmishes still break out
occasionally. Recently, photographer Lisa Bell saw a Bald Eagle slap
around a Canada Goose in British Columbia.
It ended just like when General Winder whupped Laura Secord's troops at the Battle of Bladensburg. USA! USA! USA!
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