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Burgers vs. maple syrup.
I dunno guys, seems like a close match.
I dunno guys, seems like a close match.
Wear the poppies with pride.
Even when they cut into your chest and slowly bleed you to unconsciousness at the end of the afternoon.
Canadian soldiers were some hard-assed sonsabitches in WWII, and Canadian pilots were the terror of Europe’s skies; the same Admirals Atlantic and Pacific (and General Arctic) which kept America from ever suffering anything more than minor inconvenience during The War also meant Canada was a Last Redoubt for the Commonwealth that let the UK hold out at times they would have been forced to sue for peace otherwise. Canada for damn sure did its part defeating Fascism.
1812 didn’t accomplish much, but it did help lend itself towards starting a stromger sense of Canadian unity and identity, helped open up the way for western expansion in the states by fucking over the first nations, was a precursor to the era of good feelings as I half remember from somewhere, and unintentionally led to iconic symbols of modern us power such as the white house (British army burned down the original house which led to the white house being built) and the American anthem (due to a naval battle after the war officially ended or some shit like that). It’s also pretty much the only war in Canadian history that one can claim some nebulous sense of national pride in even if it was still awful like all wars.
I know this is like a response to a post from a year ago you probably forgot about, but I just thought I’d let ya k ow some of the effects of the war in case you were at all interested.
your current filter.Manitoba and Northwest Territories joined in 1870, British Columbia in 1871, Prince Edward Island in 1873, Yukon was carved out of the Northwest Territories in 1898, Alberta and Saskatchewan also came out of Northwest Territories in 1905, Newfoundland and Labrador joined the Confederation in 1949, and Nunavut was formed out of the northeastern parts of the Northwest Territories in 1999.
Look up The History Channel’s “The Presidents” on youtube.
Or “The Ultimate Guide to the Presidents,” though that series skims over a number of important details.
The History Channel show The Conquerors’ take on Jackson is okay.
They were originally going to punt Hamilton from the Ten, which would have been an absolute travesty given his role in us even having a banking system in the first place. Thank Gawd for popular musicals.
Not for much longer. It’s pretty dang obvious why the $20 bill was chosen to feature Harriet Tubman.
Google “andrew jackson” + “genocide” some time when you’re tired of feeling good about the world. That fscker is on our money.
At least he got shit done! Unlike today’s presidents.
I can’t guarantee you’ll be happy knowing a man like that was ever President of the USA, but I’ll just about guarantee you’ll be entertained.
Ahhh yes, other than finding out that he had an aversion to printed currency, I too was taught next to nothing about Andrew Jackson. I must remedy this.
most usaers don’t even know about it
Our US History classes always mention it as part of the thirty minutes or so spent talking about the War Of 1812; the textbooks are much more inclined to skip over inconvenient things like smallpox blankets and syphillis testing and “the entire career of Andrew Jackson”.
I mean, I knew at some point the White House was burned down, but God forbid I be able to remember why and when. My memory’s terrible.
“War on Madison!”
the joke is not that canada was particularly badass in doing it, but that the white house burning is glaringly omitted from usa history classes. most usaers don’t even know about it.
I’m in the UP too and would expqnd that to all of Michigan. Everyone in this state uses Ontario as shortcut to visit NYC…and we drive south to get there.