illinois war of 1812 bicentennial commission
SOME SUGGESTED CONTEST SUBJECTS
- .Fort Dearborn
- Fort Dearborn Massacre
- Fort Russel, Illinois army headquarters, Edwardsville
- The Volunteer Militia
- Fort Clark Peoria
- Hills Fort Battle, Greenville
- Fort Lamotte, Robinson, Illinois
- Hutsonville massacre
- The illinois river Blockhouse, Grafton, where the war began in Illinois
- Illinois forts and blockhousesused during the war of 1812
- The northwest Territory during the war of 1812
- The Illinois territory during the war of 1812
- Russel's US volunteer Rangers
- Any of the family forts or blockhouses, who was there
- Francis Scott Key and his poem
- The attacks on Fort Madison, Fort Harrison, and Fort Wayne how these affected Illinois
- The Rock Island Battles
- The Peoria Battles
- Who were the Indians who were terrorizing Illinois
- Hamilton, the hair buyer and his role in the midwest
- The life of a child in Illinois in 1814
- Heroic women in Illinois during the War of 1812
- Churches in Illinois during the War of 1812
- Home remedies on the frontier during the War of 1812
- Cabin construction on the frontier during the War of 1812
- Block house construction
- Animals in the lives of frontier settlers
- Frontier weapons during the War of 1812
- Ninian Edwards, frontier territorial governor
- Samuel Whiteside, early Illinois soldier
- Thomas Higgins, Indian fighter
- Burial grounds of War of 1812 soldiers
- Kaskaskia, the territorial capitol
- Illinois frontier ministers during the War of 1812
- Frontier food during the War of 1812
- The Battle of Tippicanoe
- The battle of Fallen Timbers, Ohio, opening up the northwest territory for settlers
- William Henry Harrison
- Tecumseh
- Tenskwatawa, the Shawnee prophet
- John Reynolds, The Illinois ranger who becomes governor
- Jacob Short, Illinois ranger captain
- William B. Whiteside, ranger
- Potawotami indians, native Illinoisans
- All of the tribes in Illinois during the War of 1812
- Fort Dearborn
- Fort Dearborn Massacre
- Great Lakes Battles
- Atlantic Coast Battles
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