mr. hickey attempts to dispel the many myths intertwined with the history of 1812. this event took place at the detroit historical museum. >> good evening. my name is toby voight, and i am the director of education and interpretation here at the detroit historical society, and on behalf of the society, i would like to welcome you to tonight's very special presentation. since 1921, the mission of the detroit historical society has been to educate and inspire members of our community by preserving and portraying our region's shared history. we do this on a daily basis with our dynamic visits at our museum and at the dawson great lakes museum on belisle. we also do this through program experiences, like tonight's by centennial of the war of 1812 lecture series. lastly, we're also the stewards of over 250,000 artifacts related to the history of detroit and the region, so thank you for joining us tonight, and, again, welcome. now, it's my pleasure to introduce to you the person that made today's presentation possible, dr. jim mcconnell and his wife have been active in hi