This year marks the 200 th anniversary of the War of 1812, one of whose epic battles inspired the United States national anthem. Although war—which featured the U.S. invasion of Ontario and the ...

WASHINGTON — For a piece of history that gave us the rockets’ red glare and bombs bursting in air, the War of 1812 tends to evoke a collective “Huh?” on the U.S. side of the Canadian border. “The War ...

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ST. MICHAELS, Md. - In a story May 11 about the War of 1812 on the Chesapeake Bay, The Associated Press reported erroneously that two of the donors to an exhibit at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum ...

The War of 1812 can seem neglected, overshadowed by the American Revolution and the Civil War. But not this summer, when Boston will celebrate the bicentennial with an enthusiasm sure to bring ...

1,000 re-enactors participate in Mississinewa event The re-enactment is in its 25th year The event continues through Sunday MARION, Ind. -- Smoke from campfires wafts among the sycamores lining the ...

Cohasset’s veterans of the Revolutionary War returned home to the harsh reality that their town, and their young country in general, were basically “broke”. Years of war had atrophied their business ...

MONTGOMERY -- The last battle of the War of 1812 wasn't the Battle of New Orleans, at which U.S. troops led by Andrew Jackson defeated British troops on Jan. 8, 1815. Instead, the last battle of the ...

Sep. 6—CLAYTON — Samuel Linnell, War of 1812 veteran and prisoner of war, finally has a headstone. It was installed this summer at Clayton Center Cemetery, an inactive and abandoned graveyard off of ...

Samuel A. Neale served in the Maryland State Militia during the War of 1812. Samuel A. Neale, a Black man who served in the Maryland State Militia during the War of 1812, was posthumously recognized ...