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This story originally appeared in the July 2025 issue of Town&Gown magazine. The War of 1812 is often overlooked, especially ...
OLIVIA HEWITT FOR THE HOYA Panelists discussed the War of 1812’s effect on Georgetown at an event Tuesday evening. In honor of the bicentennial of the War of 1812, the Georgetown University Library ...
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.” — Francis Scott Key, September 1814, Flag at Fort McHenry By Jacquelin Carnegie - ...
The new exhibit at Jacksonville’s Beaches Museum narrows in on how war has affected the local community, spanning across centuries of conflicts.
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 ...
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 ...
ZANESVILLE – Isaac Van Horne Sr. is just one of 194 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Muskingum County and eight believed ...
History professors Alan Taylor and Nicole Eustace are interviewed about the significance and legacy of what Professor Taylor called "The Civil War of 1812" in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book on ...
Jacque Beauregard served in the Louisiana Militia and fought in the 1815 Battle of New Orleans, the final major conflict of the War of 1812, according to the Guard ... and adoption of the Confederate ...
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.