In honor of the bicentennial of the War of 1812, the Georgetown University Library Associates and the Lecture Fund invited archivist David Ferriero to speak on the history of the National Archives in ...

This year marks the 200th 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 ...

But ignorance of the War of 1812 lightens his role as Lacroix Company leader. “I made up some of the orders today, and they weren’t carried out well,” he concedes at the end of the wintry drill.

After the start of the Cold War, in a second phase, “propaganda becomes seen as something that that the other guys do, that only the Soviet Union and totalitarian societies do,” Anthony tells THR.

Your average 69-year-old might be happy to ride out his golden years from a rocking chair, but not John Burns. He fought in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War and even tried to work as a supply ...

The U.S. declaration of war against Great Britain in 1812 capped off years of tensions, in part over seizures of American ships and sailors as Britain fought a string of wars with France.

The Battle of New Orleans, Jan. 8, 1815, had been won by U.S. forces, and the War of 1812 was essentially over. To celebrate this occasion, a Grand Military Victory ...

The Boston Pops, shown on July 4, 2017, has played the “1812 Overture” at its holiday concerts since the 1970s and will again this year. Credit ...