A Black Maryland veteran of the War of 1812 is recognized by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 152 years after his death.

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.

Ground-penetrating radar called on to find executed War of 1812 soldier's unmarked Rensselaer County grave as part of effort to exonerate him.

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 ...

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These days, it’s hard to think of a veteran who could have served from World War II, Korea and Vietnam. It’s happened, of course, but imagine a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War ...

From the American Revolution to modern battles, take a look back at the full toll of U.S. deaths in war this Memorial Day.

About a hundred history enthusiasts took muskets, cannons and uniforms to the streets of Ogdensburg on Feb. 17 to reenact the battle fought there during the War of 1812. Lucy Grindon'We're a ...

The grisly tactics were divulged in a diary taken off a slain North Korean soldier on Dec. 21, with passages containing mundane details of life at the front, descriptions of combat tactics and ...

A new sculpture honoring soldiers of World War I comes to Washington and will be the centerpiece and final element of Washington’s National World War I Memorial.

FREDERICK, Md. — An attempt in Maryland to recognize a patriot who fought the British in the War of 1812 has ignited a modern debate about race and military recognition. The unmarked grave in ...

CHERRY CREEK –The local Celea Sampson Cole Chapter 507 of the United States Daughters of 1812, will hold a War of 1812 cemetery marker ceremony for General Putnam Farrington. Farrington was originally ...