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18 juin 2020
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Mónica Fernández Jiménez, « Anniversary of the War that Nobody Remembers », PopMeC research blog, ID : 10.58079/szck
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On June 18th, 208 years ago, the War of 1812 was declared. Why was this war important? you might ask. Last night, as I was watching Chapter 4 (Season 1) of the Amazon Prime Series The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel, one of the stand-up comedians that features in the show was making a joke out of the fact that no one remembers what that war was about. The punchline was on the very name of the war: “I think it was because it was 1812”, the comedian said, implying that that is all we know. In fact, the...