A Black man who served in the Maryland State Militia during the War of 1812 and was long denied the military recognition most soldiers in his situation were granted has been declared a veteran of ...

The society is grateful to the Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Maryland for its work on identifying the grave site and obtaining the headstone, he said. About 1,500 Black soldiers ...

Capt. A. T. Mahan of the United States Navy is preparing for publication in Scribner's Magazine for next year some articles on "The War of 1812." The series, it is said, will run through the year.

A Black War of 1812 veteran who has been denied a traditional military honor due to protocols dating to the slavery era will be memorialized in a Frederick cemetery this weekend, though not by the ...

The American flag that was raised to celebrate a crucial victory over British forces during the War of 1812 -- and which inspired Francis Scott Key to write the "Star-Spangled Banner" -- is on ...

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 ...

The story of that epic night during the War of 1812 and the restoration that followed is one of our nation’s greatest moments of resilience. The U.S. declaration of war against Great Britain in ...

The War 1812 is a two-hour film history of a deeply significant event in North American and world history. The war shaped American, Canadian and British destiny in the most literal way possible ...

Visitors covered their ears in anticipation of the loud sound of the cannon fired Sunday during the Old Fort’s reenactment of the siege of Fort Wayne during the War of 1812. The Old Fort ...

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 ...

Samuel Neale lies in rest just down the street from where he lived for decades, a longtime resident of Frederick and Black veteran of the War of 1812. Neale was honored Saturday with the ...