This story originally appeared in the July 2025 issue of Town&Gown magazine. The War of 1812 is often overlooked, especially ...

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 war was mostly fought around the Great Lakes and in Canada, but conflict wasn’t restricted to the north. British forces burned Washington, D.C. in August 1814, then attempted to capture ...

ZANESVILLE – Isaac Van Horne Sr. is just one of 194 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Muskingum County and eight believed to be within Woodlawn Cemetery. His grave, marked with an American flag and ...

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 ...

According to Scire’s ruling, the Maryland militia’s 1st Cavalry Regiment had in effect been federalized during the War of 1812 — summoned out of state duty and into federal service, as ...

Black War Of 1812 Soldier Finally Recognized As Veteran—152 Years After His Death Samuel A. Neale served in the Maryland State Militia during the War of 1812.

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 ...

After the war, Jackson moved to Tennessee and conducted a political career, but by 1812, he was back in the military. Jackson actually spent most of the War of 1812 fighting not the British, but ...