After Tippecanoe Symposium
is presented by:
Michigan Commission on the
Commemoration of the Bicentennial
of the War of 1812.
www.michigan.gov/war1812
After Tippecanoe
The Old Northwest in the War of 1812
in cooperation with
Detroit Historical Society
www.detroithistorical.org
Historical Society of Michigan
www.hsmichigan.org
Northern Michigan University
History Department
webb.nmu.edu/Departments/History/
Louisa St. Clair Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
www.louisa.michdar.net
Michigan War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission
17761 Bell Creek Lane
Livonia, MI 48152
Mackinac Historic State Parks
www.mackinacparks.com
Michigan Council for History Education
www.michiganhistoryed.org
Michigan Humanities Council
www.michiganhumanities.org
With support from
Michigan State University Press
www.msupress.msu.edu
and
Wayne State University Press
www.wsupress.wayne.edu
Questions?
Dr. Jim McConnell
Email: jam1776@sbcglobal.net
For more information, please visit
www.michigan.gov/war1812
Michigan Commission on the Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the
War of 1812 logo designed by Rebecca Westerdale.
The Battle of Tippecanoe
Library of Congress
A Symposium on
the Significance of
the War of 1812
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Detroit Historical Museum
5401 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202
Anthony Yanik
Author, Maxwell Motors and the Making of the
Chrysler Corporation
“Henry Procter and the Western Theatre”
Sandy Antal
Author, A Wampum Denied:
Procter’s War of 1812
“A Native American Perspective”
Meredith Henry
Director , Gijigowi Bipskaabiimi
Department, Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians
“River Raisin: Invaded on All Sides”
Ralph Naveaux
Emeritus director of the Monroe County
Historical Museum
“African Americans in the War of 1812”
Gene Smith
Professor of history at Texas Christian
University and curator of history at the Fort
Worth Museum of Science and History
“Turning Point: The Battle of Lake Erie”
Arthur M. Woodford
Author, This is Detroit, 1701-2001
“William Henry Harrison and the
Campaign of 1813”
David Skaggs
Retired history professor, Bowling Green State
University, and War of 1812 author
Program Coordinator: Jim McConnell
Session Moderators: Brian Dunnigan/James Spurr.
If registering for more than one person, please copy this form and
include with your check. Thank you.
“Capitulation: In Defense of William Hull”
Annette W. McConnell
Symposium Registrar
17761 Bell Creek Lane
Livonia, MI 48152
Phil Porter
Director, Mackinac State Historic Parks
Registration includes presentations on the War of 1812”
• program materials • continental breakfast • lunch and refreshment breaks
“Mackinac in the War of 1812”
Registration: $95.00 per person ____person(s) @ $95 = ___________ Total _________
Special Student Rate: $50/person ____person(s) @ $50 = ___________ Total _________
(Students must show I.D. at registration)
Grand Total _________
Please make check payable to “Michigan War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission” and mail to:
More information can be found at
www.michigan.gov/war1812.
Hal Youmans
Editor, War of 1812 Journal
Please register no later than Thursday, October 20, 2011. Registration after Oct. 20 is $105 if space is available.
The Michigan Commission for the
Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the
War of 1812 is charged with encouraging,
planning, and developing activities, events,
programs, observances and services
appropriate to commemorate Michigan’s
role in the War of 1812.
“Origins of the War of 1812”
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The Battle of Tippecanoe, which took place
outside Prophetstown in present-day
Indiana at the confluence of the Tippecanoe
and Wabash Rivers, was
fought on November 7,
1811 between United
States forces led by
Governor William Henry
Harrison of the Indiana
Territory and forces of
Tecumseh’s growing
American Indian
Confederation led by his younger brother
Tenskwatawa. In addition to serving as an
important political and symbolic victory for
the United States, the
Tippecanoe defeat dealt
a devastating blow to
Tecumseh’s Confederacy,
which never regained its
former strength. Public
opinion in the United
States blamed the Native
American uprising on
British interference. This suspicion served as
a catalyst to the War of 1812, which began
only six months later.
The program includes:
“After Tippecanoe” Symposium
T
he “After Tippecanoe” Symposium will describe
the War of 1812’s key battles and events in the Old
Northwest following the Battle of Tippecanoe on
November 7, 1811.