On June 4, 1812, the House of Representatives voted 79 to 49 to declare war against Great Britain. In the next two weeks, the U.S. Senate debated the House's bill and on June 17, by a vote of 19 ...

The story of that epic night during the War of 1812 and the restoration that followed is one of our nation’s greatest moments of resilience. The U.S. declaration of war against Great Britain in ...

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 ...

Pictured is the mouth of Canadaway Creek in Dunkirk where hostile exchanges with the British occurred during the War of 1812. Submitted photo The War of 1812, sometimes known as America’s second war ...

The society is grateful to the Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Maryland for its work on identifying the grave site and obtaining the headstone, he said. About 1,500 Black soldiers ...

Kira Rudik’s perspective on the war in Ukraine is reminiscent of the War of 1812 (“Ukraine Renews Its Independence,” op-ed, Aug. 24). Thirty-six years after our Declaration of Independence ...

She proved an invincible force at sea. "The Constitution went on to defeat or capture seven more British ships in the War of 1812 and ran the British blockade of Boston twice," notes History.com.

At this time, 211 years ago, our area was on the frontlines of the United States’ second conflict with Great Britain, which would come to be known as the War of 1812. The majority of the ...