Who Really Won the War of 1812? 🇺🇸🇨🇦 A war with no clear victor — or was there? The answer might surprise you… and rewrite what you thought you knew about history.

I am pleased to contribute a foreword to Don’t Give Up the Ship!, Professor Donald Hickey’s study of the myths and misconceptions of the War of 1812.We are approaching the bicentennial of that ...

Burning down the White House today seems like a thing of fiction, reserved for absurdist movies, and propaganda, but that's exactly what happened in 1812 after a British invasion and unsuccessful war.

Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News file photo Tom Johnson walks in the War of 1812 Cemetery on Aero Drive in Cheektowaga. He estimates that there are at least 500 bodies buried there.

On June 1, 1812, President James Madison sent the U.S. Congress his message summing up British warlike activities of the past six months. It was an indictment of Great Britain's ...

General William Henry Harrison led Americans to victory in the Battle of the Thames on this day in history, Oct. 5, 1813, routing the British and Native forces led by Shawnee chief Tecumseh.

In August 1814, amid the War of 1812, British troops burned the Executive Mansion, the Capitol — including the library — and other public buildings in Washington.

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 War of 1812, which lasted until 1815, once again pitted the United States against Great Britain.The conflict was driven by maritime disputes, including the British practice of impressment, the ...