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War of 1812 Remembrance Day Proclaimed in Texas
Ora Jane Johnson of the U S Daughters of the War of 1812 led Ector County officials to designate today as The War of 1812 Remembrance Day The proclamation ties the conflict to rising U S nationalism the Star Spangled Banner and key events such as the burning of Washington and the Battle of New Orleans Plan is to observe for three years as the nation marks the bicentennial of the war ending with the Treaty of Ghent
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