The War of 1812 was ostensibly about securing American ... In the war’s aftermath the country experienced an unprecedented outpouring of nationalism that further obscured embarrassing facts ...

As the War of 1812 dragged on, the northeast region ... In Paul’s telling, a type of civic nationalism based on shared allegiance to the Constitution, as an “organic expression of the ...

The War of 1812 saw the last foreign invasion on Canadian ... The preoccupation with avoiding American-style nationalism (for better or worse) is a symptom of a larger reluctance to promote ...

For the United States the War of 1812 was a second War of Independence against the British that birthed emblems of American nationalism such as the national flag, the “Star-Spangled Banner ...

"The War of 1812 is being heavily promoted as part of ... "There's a whole lot more nationalism today than there was then," says Prof. Taylor, a historian at the University of California, Davis.

David Johnston says the War of 1812 is the perfect time for Canadians ... creating a new spirit of Canadian nationalism in the process. "The war gave Canadians a sense of shared experiences ...