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Links
Links

Links

This page contains the links to other sites of interest regarding the War of 1812.

 

www.1812niagaraonthelake.ca

www.discover1812.com

www.militaryheritage.com

www.realpeopleshistory.com

www.whitehousehistory.org

www.washingtondcwarof1812bicentennialcommission.org

http://www.visitmaryland.org/Pages/1812.aspx

http://www.fusiliersmuseum-lancashire.org.uk/pop/ross.html

http://www.baltimoremd.com/monuments/whokill.html

http://www.ensigngroup.ca/

 

 

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Features

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Newry And Mourne

Click to enter the Newry and Mourne Council website.

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Sponsorship And Funding

This project is part financed by the European Union through the Ireland/Northern Ireland Interreg IIIA Programme managed for the Special EU Programmes Body by the East Border Region Interreg IIIA Partnership.

Visitor Information

The Ross Monument was officially opened by Newry and Mourne District Council in January 2009

Media

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Watch BBC Newsline coverage of 'Washington Burner Story', along with interviews with      Mr. Gerard McGivern, Director of District Development, and Rostrevor based historian     Dr. John McCavitt about the restored Ross Monument in Rostrevor Co.Down.

The War Of 1812

The War of 1812

For a brief introduction to the War of 1812, click here.

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The Original Star Spangled Banner

Restoration

Restoration

The restoration of the Ross Monument began on the 3rd of March 2008. The 25 week long project brought the monument back to its prior glory in time for the bicentenary.