The Battle of Lake Erie

The Bonus Army

In 1932 over 43,000 protestors marched on Washington DC, demanding better treatment and pay for veterans of World War I.  President Hoover and the US government responded with violence, tear gassing and shooting the veterans.

Baseball in the Japanese American Concentration Camps

When over 120,000 Japanese Americans were unjustly imprisoned in concentration camps during WWII they brought the American sport of baseball with them. Sources America's Concentration Camps by Allan R. Bosworth Through a Diamond: 100 Years of Japanese American Baseball by Kerry Yo Nakagawa Kenichi Zenimura: Japanese American Baseball Pioneer by Bill Staples Jr

The Battle of Lake Erie

In the War of 1812 the US Navy would engage the British Royal Navy in the cold waters of Lake Erie.  The battle would decide the future of the Great Lakes. Sources Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron by Ronald Utt The Lake Erie Campaign by Walter Rybka https://www.nps.gov/articles/brock-meets-tecumseh.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/surrender-of-detroit.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/a-mere-matter-of-marching.htm from the National Parks Service database https://detroithistorical.org/sites/default/files/lessonPlans/SurrenderDetroitFINAL.pdf  from the Detroit Historical Society

The Surrender of Detroit

In the War of 1812 the United States would attempt to invade the British Canadian colonies, using Fort Detroit as a base of operations.  What started as an invasion ended as a humiliating defeat when American General William Hull surrendered Detroit without a fight. Sources: Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron by Ronald Utt https://www.nps.gov/articles/brock-meets-tecumseh.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/surrender-of-detroit.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/a-mere-matter-of-marching.htm from the National Parks Service database https://detroithistorical.org/sites/default/files/lessonPlans/SurrenderDetroitFINAL.pdf  from the Detroit Historical Society

The Unstoppable Dan Gable

Dan Gable endured a rough upbringing, personal tragedy and athletic defeat at the highest level.  But he never stopped, becoming the greatest American wrestler to ever compete. Sources A Wrestling Life by Dan Gable with Scott Schulte The Champion Dan Gable from The US Olympic Museum website Dan Gable Dominated as Wrestler and Coach by Douglass Looney, ESPN website The Losses of Dan Gable by Wright Thompson, ESPN website