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 ...

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 ...

On Aug. 24, 1814 — 210 years ago Saturday — the British marched into Washington, D.C., and set fire to the Capitol, the White House and most other government facilities in our capital city.

A Black War of 1812 veteran who has been denied a ... was one of the roughly 1,500 African Americans who served white officers in the 50,000-strong Maryland Militia during the conflict sometimes ...

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.

Archaeologists in Virginia uncovered what is believed to be the remains of a military barracks from the Revolutionary War, including chimney bricks and musket balls indented with soldiers' teeth.

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 t… ...