When over 120,000 Japanese Americans were unjustly imprisoned in concentration camps during WWII they brought the American sport of baseball with them.

Sources

America's Concentration Camps by Allan R. Bosworth

Through a Diamond: 100 Years of Japanese American Baseball by Kerry Yo Nakagawa

Kenichi Zenimura: Japanese American Baseball Pioneer by Bill Staples Jr

In the War of 1812 the US Navy would engage the British Royal Navy in the cold waters of Lake Erie. The battle would decide the future of the Great Lakes.

Sources

Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron by Ronald Utt

The Lake Erie Campaign by Walter Rybka

https://www.nps.gov/articles/brock-meets-tecumseh.htm

https://www.nps.gov/articles/surrender-of-detroit.htm

https://www.nps.gov/articles/a-mere-matter-of-marching.htm

from the National Parks Service database

https://detroithistorical.org/sites/default/files/lessonPlans/SurrenderDetroitFINAL.pdf

from the Detroit Historical Society

In the War of 1812 the United States would attempt to invade the British Canadian colonies, using Fort Detroit as a base of operations. What started as an invasion ended as a humiliating defeat when American General William Hull surrendered Detroit without a fight.

Sources:

Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron by Ronald Utt

https://www.nps.gov/articles/brock-meets-tecumseh.htm

https://www.nps.gov/articles/surrender-of-detroit.htm

https://www.nps.gov/articles/a-mere-matter-of-marching.htm

from the National Parks Service database

https://detroithistorical.org/sites/default/files/lessonPlans/SurrenderDetroitFINAL.pdf

from the Detroit Historical Society