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Battle_of_New_Orleans

The battle took place 18 days after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, which formally ended the War of 1812, on December 24, 1814, though it would not be ratified by the United States until February 16, 1815, as news of the agreement had not yet reached the United States from Europe.

McLemore, Laura Lyons. The Battle of New Orleans in History and Memory. Louisiana State University Press, 2016. Project MUSE muse.jhu.edu/book/48202.

Quote: On January 8, 1815, in the last great battle of the war, American riflemen defeated the British at New Orleans, although this battle was actually fought after the Treaty of Ghent had ended the war on December 24, 1814.

ISBN: 9780807164662

Phase 3 McLemore, Laura Lyons. The Battle of New Orleans in History and Memory. Louisiana State University Press, 2016. This source gives the account of a slave who participated in the Battle of New Orleans as a drummer boy who, after the battle, was made well known and freed. The source details his life and his military career after the War of 1812.

Phase Four

Paragraph: "Jordan Bankston Noble followed a very different path to freedom. When the ninety-year-old Noble died peacefully at his children’s New Orleans home, at 713 Dryades, during the early morning hours of Friday, June 20, 1890, the New Orleans Daily Picayune sadly reported the death of “the Drummer Boy of Chalmette,” ran a woodcut picture of the “Colored Veteran of Four Wars,” and encouraged family and friends to attend his Saturday-afternoon funeral and look on the white hair and familiar face of “Old Jordan” one last time. The announcement stressed his patriotic service and that “army veterans are also invited to attend.” Finally, some seventy- five years later, the “famous drummer boy of New Orleans ha[d] gone to join his comrades of many campaigns.” He was buried in the city’s St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, Square 3."

Summary: In honor of the "famous drummer boy of New Orleans", Jordan Bankston Noble, the New Orleans Daily Picayune featured the once slave turned honored war veteran with a woodcut picture of him in their issue after his death in June of 1890.

Article section: The Louisiana Historical Association dedicated its Memorial Hall facility to Jackson on January 8, 1891, the 76th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans.[82] The Federal government established a national historical park in 1907 to preserve the Chalmette Battlefield, which also includes the Chalmette National Cemetery. It features the 100 foot tall Chalmette Monument and is part of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. The monument was supposed to be at least 150 feet tall but the very soft and wet soil limited it to 100 feet.[83] A five-cent stamp in 1965 commemorated the sesquicentennial of the Battle of New Orleans and 150 years of peace with Britain. The bicentennial was celebrated in 2015 with a Forever stamp depicting United States troops firing on British soldiers along Line Jackson. In honor of the "famous drummer boy of New Orleans", Jordan Bankston Noble, the New Orleans Daily Picayune featured the once slave turned honored war veteran with a woodcut picture of him in their issue after his death in June of 1890.