What else, other than ceasefire, was a significant cultural result of the War of 1812 that is still felt today?

Depending on how you define the term, the War of 1812 had a few “significant cultural results” that still impact us today.  There are two or three that may count and one that surely counts.

Two of the impacts that may count have to do with the Battle of New Orleans.  This battle, fought in 1814, made Andrew Jackson a national hero.  That helped propel him to the presidency and is a major reason why he ended up on the $20 bill (at least for the next few years).  When I was a child, there was a popular song about the battle as well.  It was called “The Battle of New Orleans.”  A final possible cultural result of the war came because Dolley Madison (the wife of President James Madison) rescued (or at least ordered servants to rescue) a large painting of George Washington from the White House as the British were attacking and burning Washington, D.C.  She was seen as something of a hero for having done this at a time when the enemy might have shown up at any moment.  Depending on how you define things, any or all (or none) of these things could be significant cultural results. 

The one cultural result that is indisputable is our national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.”  A man named Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics to this song in the form of a poem during the War of 1812.  He was being held by the British on a ship on Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore as the British attacked Fort McHenry.  The attack was part of a planned British attack on Baltimore.  Key watched through the night as British ships attacked the fort.  The attack lasted all night, but the British did not manage to destroy the fort.  Key wrote his poem while still on the ship.  It was later published and eventually became our national anthem.  This is clearly a significant cultural result that came out of the War of 1812 and which is still with us today.