The War of 1812 can seem like little more than a series ... A ship’s wheel juxtaposed with a map of the world demonstrates the reach of U.S. shipping. The Wall of Impressment documents how ...

World War I produced one of the most memorable images in American history: the U.S. Army recruiting poster that depicts ... he sold to the Army in the War of 1812. Giddyap! By the mid-19th century ...

To mark the bicentennial of the War of 1812, the Ohio Historical Society's ... We have three diaries and a map noting the routes of three different soldiers from eastern Ohio and from northern ...

It’s happened, of course, but imagine a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War fighting in the Civil War. That’s a span of more than 50 years, much longer than the 24 years that ...

On May 16, 1813, the War of 1812 reached Maryland when the British Navy entered the Patapsco River. After burning Frenchtown’s depot, they were repelled at Elkton. Dr. Julie Shively, Command ...

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 ...

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 gravestone for Samuel Neale, a Black veteran who served as a surgeon's mate in the War of 1812, shortly after being unveiled Saturday at St. John's Cemetery in downtown Frederick. More in U.S.