In a message dated 2/23/04 6:25:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, Akimbo71@gmx.net writes: Actually that war ended in 1776 We threw the Brits out in 1776 but had to whip em up again in 1812 for piracy and other bad manners. They burned most of my town in 1813 because a local took a couple of pot shots at their ships with the only cannon in town. Richard Borneman Havre de Grace, Md