Stories of 1812

Today we talk once again with the late Donald E Graves, North America’s foremost historian on the War of 1812. Before his passing, Don sat down with us on location and covered a myriad of topics related to this pivotal time in North amerian History.  His knowledge of the period is encyclopedic and his has the best of colourful anecdotes ...

This week Donald E Graves, Canada’s foremost historian on the War of 1812, tells the story of two junior officers during the conflict, William J Worth, an American, and John LeCouteur, a British soldier from the island of Jersey. William J Worth (1794-1849) was an American officer during the War of 1812, the Second Seminole War, and the Mexican–American War.  ...