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Lecture: USS Oneida and the 1st Battle of Sackets Harbor

Hendrick Hudson Free Library 185 Kings Ferry Road, Montrose

Occasionally in the life of a country a small event, sometimes little noticed, can change the course of history. Such an event occurred on 19 July 1812 at Sackets Harbor, New York, when a small ship and her gallant commander turned back the first British attack of the War of 1812. Daniel Pariser will review