BBC Newsline Report
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7735627.stm
BBC Newsline interview with local historian Dr. John McCavitt
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7734323.stm
BBC Newsline interview with Gerard McGivern
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7734316.stm
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This project is part financed by the European Union through the Ireland/Northern Ireland Interreg IIIA Programme managed for the Special EU Programmes Body by the East Border Region Interreg IIIA Partnership.
Dr. John McCavitt meets President McAleese, to discuss Ireland's impact on the War of 1812.
Dr. John McCavitt meets Senator Webb, to discuss the Scots Irish impact on the War of 1812, and how they shaped America.
Battlefield Britain presenter and author of a recently published and highly acclaimed biography of the Duke of Wellington, Peter Snow comes to view the Ross Monument
Watch BBC Newsline coverage of 'Washington Burner Story', along with interviews with Mr. Gerard McGivern, Director of District Development, and Rostrevor based historian Dr. John McCavitt about the restored Ross Monument in Rostrevor Co.Down.
For a brief introduction to the War of 1812, click here.
The Ross Monument was officially opened by Newry and Mourne District Council in January 2009
The restoration of the Ross Monument began on the 3rd of March 2008. The 25 week long project brought the monument back to its prior glory in time for the bicentenary.