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The War of 1812 Bicentennial were a series of events to commemorate the War of 1812 in Canada and the United States during the war's bicentenary, 2012–2015. Included here is a list of planned commemorations and organizations.

Canada

The Canadian Government marked the bicentennial as a national event.

  • Canadian Heritage

Ontario

  • Niagara 1812 Legacy Council
  • Ontario Historical Society

New Brunswick

  • New Brunswick Provincial Committee for Commemorations of War of 1812

United States

The U.S. government has had no formal organization or committee to coordinate commemorations of the War of 1812; the War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Act failed to pass Congress in 2006.

U.S. military commemorations

  • U.S. Navy Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the Star-Spangled Banner
  • Naval History and Heritage Command
  • Preserve the Pensions! (A project to digitize all of the War of 1812 pension files by the end of the war's bicentennial)

Illinois

  • Illinois War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission
  • Illinois War of 1812 Society

Indiana

  • Vincennes War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission

Iowa

Kentucky

  • Kentucky War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission

Louisiana

  • Commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans (January 8, 2015)

Maryland

  • Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission
  • Maryland's Star Spangled 200 Celebration

Michigan

  • The Michigan Commission on the Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812

New York

In 2011, New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill to establish a formal War Of 1812 Bicentennial Commission. Previous versions of the bill were vetoed repeatedly by Gov. David Paterson in 2009 and 2010.

North Carolina

  • North Carolina War of 1812 Bicentennial

Ohio

  • Ohio War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission

Virginia

  • James Madison Center War of 1812 Bicentennial
  • Virginia Bicentennial of the War of 1812 Commission

Washington, D.C.

  • Washington DC War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission "Building Heritage Bridges"
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