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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For people like me, who have got their flags and wars mixed up, I think it should be pointed out that there may have been only one War of 1812, but there are four distinct versions of it—the ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Uncle Sam was inspired by Troy, New York, meatpacker ‘Uncle’ Sam Wilson, who supplied troops with rations way back during the War of 1812," Uncle Sam Rounseville, a Boston-area realtor and ...

Visitors covered their ears in anticipation of the loud sound of the cannon fired Sunday during the Old Fort’s reenactment of the siege of Fort Wayne during the War of 1812. The Old Fort ...