Jay Newton-Small wonders why there isn’t more interest in commemorating the War of 1812: But even though the U.S. won it [bold mine-DL], the War of 1812 seems to be the buck-toothed stepsister ...

During the War of 1812, hundreds of enslaved African Americans gained their freedom on Cumberland Island by joining the ranks of the British occupier. For some, liberation was fleeting. Ned Simmons ...

What does Russia want from me? You know it’s easy to start a war but it’s very difficult to finish one." On June 24, 1812, ignoring the advice of his closest advisors, Napoleon invaded Russia.

Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the Louisiana port city in the last standoff of the War of 1812 Sonja Anderson How the flag that flew proudly over Fort McHenry in ...

1812 The War of 1812: A 12-year-old John Brown travels through the Michigan wilderness to deliver a herd of cattle. He lodged with a man who owned a boy slave. Brown was treated well, but the ...

2. Stalin used War and Peace as a propaganda tool during WWII Russia’s victory over Napoleon in 1812 speaks so strongly to the Russian national psyche that when Hitler attacked the Soviet Union ...