The commemorative events unveiled Wednesday include the blockbuster Siege of Fort Erie to be staged Aug. 9 and 10 at Old Fort Erie. An annual event in its 28th year, the siege is North America’s ...

The Annual Siege of Old Fort Erie Reenactment features countless reenactors who come together each year to properly demonstrate the War of 1812 battle that took place along the Niagara River.

Complex Legacies of the Erie Canal,” a new exhibit at Canalside that tells the story of the Erie Canal 200 years after ...

An eight-day standoff began Sept. 5, 1812, in what is now Fort Wayne, lasting until the Native American forces retreated, according to the Old Fort’s website.

Sep. 3—Old Fort Niagara's War of 1812 Encampment is taking place this weekend. This year's event will focus on United States troops who garrisoned the fort from June of 1812 through December of ...

Contact Valerie Myers at vmyers@timesnews.com. This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: First walks across frozen Lake Erie may have been for reconnaissance during War of 1812 ...

Nestled along Kings Creek Road, about a mile and a half east of Route 2 in Hancock County, the Peter Tarr Furnace stands as a ...

The War of 1812, often overlooked in American history, was sparked by grievances against Great Britain, including impressment of American sailors and British occupation of forts. Despite initial ...

But the first crossing actually seems to have been a century earlier. Daniel Dobbins and Jesse Elliott, key figures in the War of 1812, apparently crossed the frozen lake in the winter of 1813-14.

When the War of 1812 began, Croghan was in position to help defend the American Northwest in Ohio. In May 1813, Croghan was part of the U.S. Army forces in Fort Meigs near present-day Perrysburg ...