Kyle Jenks
James Madison and the War of 1812: “Should we fight Great Britain—or Great Britain and France?”
“The war was necessary to protect our economy and secure and vindicate our independence.” This is what President Madison said to summarize the necessity of what became known as the War of 1812. How and why did we enter another war? President Madison had many conflicting issues to manage. Partisan politics, sectional divisions, internal cabinet strife, military incompetence, war with Algiers, threats of secession, an invasion of the Capital City . . . Oh, and lest we forget, Napoleon! Kyle Jenks, portraying President Madison, will speak to these matters during his session about the War of 1812.
Kyle Jenks (Jaktar773@aol.com, Instagram: @madisonportrayer, facebook.com/PresidentMadison, leagueofmostinterestinggentlemen.com) is a native of upstate New York. The groundwork he laid for portraying James Madison was as a reenactor of the French and Indian War and American Revolution. In between, he produced an outdoor historical drama, wrote two other plays and collaborated on a third. Kyle moved to Philadelphia in 2017 to portray James Madison as a career and gives a tour in character as Congressman Madison in Philadelphia. He also works for Bow Tie Tours, conducts the Revolution and Founding Fathers Tour for Grim Philly, and is a tour guide aboard Battleship New Jersey. You can support his work at Patreon.com/PresidentMadison.
