The first walk across Lake Erie from Erie to Canada was reported to be in 1912, when a 19-year-old North East man crossed the frozen lake. "It had never been done before," the Erie Times-News said ...

A notable event for Chautauqua County during the War of 1812 is of the burning of Buffalo. What is now the city of Buffalo began as a settlement known as Black Rock, one of the first settlements on ...

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 ...

Erie woman running to support Barber National Institute one street at a time It covers everything from the War of 1812 to the mural on the second floor of Dobbins Landing. “The inspiration is ...

For the Americans, it was the lowest point of what would become known as the War of 1812. The young United States of America finds itself caught up in a war between Great Britain and France.

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 swift American victory in the War of 1812 had long-term repercussions on ... about the encounter fought on the Ontario side of Lake Erie. Shawnee chief Tecumseh, who bravely led resistance ...

Daniel Dobbins and Jesse Elliott, key figures in the War of 1812, apparently crossed the frozen lake in the winter of 1813-14. The first walk across Lake Erie from Erie to Canada was reported to ...