1812: Tide of War, commemorates the bicentennial of what has often been called America’s Second War for Independence, a conflict that firmly rooted the free republic, United States of America. For the lyrics, Rue teamed up with writer and historian Donald G. Shomette who spent more than three decades researching and writing about the War of 1812.

1812: Tide of War, commemorates the bicentennial of what has often been called America’s Second War for Independence, a conflict that firmly rooted the free republic, United States of America. For the lyrics, Rue teamed up with writer and historian Donald G. Shomette who spent more than three decades researching and writing about the War of 1812. The album is published by a Lexington, Maryland creative arts enterprise, Millstone Landing Productions.