Okay, all glibness aside your question (as you likely know) has no easy answer.
The Americans think they won, and they kind of did: they repulsed the invasions of the European imperial power from whom they wrested independence barely 35 years prior. The colonists of British North America (present day Canada) think they did because they resisted the invasions of those land-hungry Americans who wanted to annex British North America (or so Canadians thought). The British didn't lose BNA to those upstart Yanks, but more important (to present day Canada, at least), England realized that sending its army over here every time there was some stupid war would be a very expensive long term proposition. They very seriously started considering how they might unload us, which pretty much led directly to our independence only 53 years later. (okay, it took a while but things moved much slower back then). On paper the war was a stalemate (the Treaty of Utrecht left the borders virtually unchanged) but each side could claim bragging rights and it did have an impact on North America's development. I know your question was tongue in cheek, but I thought there might br those out there, especially in places other than this hemisphere who might not know why Stoufville had parade. ;-) cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Kenneth Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> Sent: June 17, 2012 6/17/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: Geso war of 1812 200th anniversary ceremonies in Stouffville So who won ? -----Original Message----- >From: David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> >Sent: Jun 17, 2012 10:23 AM >Subject: Geso war of 1812 200th anniversary ceremonies in Stouffville > >http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2012-1812/album/index.html > >Not a big parade by santa claus standards, but was interesting to see >and photograph. I felt bad for the participants, it was blistering hot >out and they were all in the period uniforms, the horse guard anyway. >Some of the younger lads passed out, but army paramedics were on hand >to assist. The vets hung in there, a few wobbly knees but no pass >outs. > >D200, 18-70 4.5-5.6 > >Dave > >-- >Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >www.caughtinmotion.com >http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >York Region, Ontario, Canada > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
