Residents of Gales Ferry, Connecticut, are worried that Mount Decatur, a historic site from the War of 1812, could be wiped from the history book. A developer, Cashman Inc., wants to get zoning ...

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 ...

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 ...

World War 3 nuclear attack map shows what areas in UK would be destroyed if Putin launches missiles Nuclear map shows states where 75% of Americans would die if WW3 broke out ...

<P> Charles County's plans to spruce up Benedict for the 200th anniversary celebration of the War of 1812 is slowly moving ahead with a $6,000 state grant to design a ...

In 1812 French forces in Spain were severely overstretched, as Napoleon withdrew the best troops for his invasion of Russia. Wellington saw an opportunity to strike. First he secured the strategic ...

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 t… ...

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 Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration told Fox News Digital that there are approximately 798,000 active War of 1812 license plates on vehicles in the state with the “www.starspangled200.org ...

The War of 1812 is among the lesser celebrated of the nation’s victories, perhaps because the British marched into Washington, D.C., and burned the White House. March 19, 2024 at 9:03 AM.

A version of this article appears in print on July 4, 2022, Section C, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: War in Ukraine Muffles ‘1812 Overture’ for July 4.

Fort McHenry is hallowed ground in United States history. It is of course best known as the scene of a siege during the War of 1812, a siege witnessed by a Washington lawyer called Francis Scott Key, ...