A historical battle where outnumbered American militiamen and pirates defeated the British Army with minimal casualties, discussed as potential subject for a Mel Gibson film
"The whole thing seems right up his alley, outnumbered, rag-tag, mostly untrained backwoods American militiamen and random pirates mauling the British Army in probably one of its most humiliating defeats of the 1800s with a handful of yankee casualties to 2,000+ limey casualties"
"This was a public federal holiday between 1828-1861, with historians saying it was the second largest holiday of the year, bigger than Christmas but smaller than the 4th."