Events

On Tuesday, April 22, the Military History Club of the Missouri Athletic Club welcomes a
return, in-person visit by Dr. Don Hickey, who will speak on "The War of 1812: Why Is
This Conflict All But Forgotten Today?"

The War of 1812 played a central role in shaping the development of the United States
in the nineteenth century, but it is all but forgotten today.  Why is this so?  Why do most
Americans, even those who are well educated, know so little about such an important
event in our history?  In this lecture, Don Hickey identifies what he thinks are the
principal reasons that explain why this war has slipped so deep into the recesses of our
public memory. 

Don Hickey is an award-winning author who has written twelve books and more than a
hundred articles. Called the “Dean of 1812 scholarship” by the New Yorker, he is best
known for The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict (Bicentennial edition, 2012), Don’t
Give Up the Ship! Myths of the War of 1812 (2006) and is latest book, Tecumseh