June 29 Symposium; The Naval War of 1812 North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort

L to R: Michael Hill, (member of the War of 1812 Bicentennial Planning Committee.) Gerald Thomas, Shelley Crisp (Executive Director, NC Humanities Council), Thomas Daniel Thompson, David Brook (Dirctor, Division of Historical Resources, and chair War of 1812 Bicentennial Committee) Stephen Budiansky, (Keynote speaker), Lawrence Babits, Lindley Butler, Jeffrey Crow (Deputy Secretary for Archives and History, N.C. Department of Cultural Resources), Director of Cultural Resources) Carol Canales, ( State President of the U.S.D. 1812 )Wade Dudley behind Carol, and William Thiesen.

David Brook, J.D., Ed. Director, Division of Historical Resources Office of Archives and History N.C. Department of Cultural Resources highly recommends that blog viewers download this terrific overview of the War of 1812 presented in the interview by B.J. Davis of the Museum of History and Professor Donald Hickey. It is twenty-one minutes long and perfect entertainment while you lunch in your office. Just scroll down and click the “podcast” link.

In honor of the 1812 Bicentennial, Prof. Hickey presented a podcast with historian Donald Hickey. Prof. Hickey teaches at Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska, and is author of several books on the War of 1812 including, The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict, Don’t Give Up the Ship!: Myths of the War of 1812, and The Rocket’s Red Glare: An Illustrated History of the War of 1812. In addition to his books, Dr. Hickey is a featured scholar for the PBS documentary on the War of 1812 which aired nationally in October 2011.

You can find the podcast at:

http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/wgo/podcasts.html#1812