“This is the feel-good side of the War of 1812,” says Vince Vaise, Fort McHenry’s chief interpreter. “We won the battle here, we don’t hate the British anymore, and the flag and national ...

These days, it’s hard to think of a veteran who could have served from World War II, Korea and Vietnam. It’s happened, of course, but imagine a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War ...

His is a story much like that of the hundreds of others buried here in a forgotten cemetery for those who died during the War of 1812 ... of Infantry from New York and that he died on August ...

The story of that epic night during the War of 1812 and the restoration that ... and near the Canadian border − including the Battle of York (now Toronto), where Americans plundered the city ...

I was instructed as far as possible to prepare a list of the names and services of those brethren hailing in New York who took part in the Revolutionary War in this country or in the War of 1812.

For the Americans, it was the lowest point of what would become known as the War of 1812. The young United States ... the Canadian capital city of York — present-day Toronto.

Spencer is also an early founder of many churches in Western New York. A notable event for Chautauqua County during the War of 1812 is of the burning of Buffalo ... because Francis Scott Key witnessed ...

A Black War of 1812 veteran who has been denied a traditional ... bloodiest and most consequential battles of the conflict, the Battle of Bladensburg and the Battle of North Point, both in 1814.

For decades, the group has re-enacted crucial battles and moments from the War of 1812 ... The group typically heads to New York in February to help re-enact the Battle of Ogdensburg, a British ...