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The first walk across Lake Erie from Erie to Canada was reported to be in 1912, when a 19-year-old North East man crossed the ...

The U.S. had declared war in June 1812, partially in response to the forced recruitment of American merchant sailors into the British Navy, which desperately sought manpower to enforce a blockade ...

This month marks the 200th anniversary of a remarkable series of seldom-remembered events in the War of 1812 that changed ... Indeed, they created the British Columbia we inhabit today.

With the war only a few months old, the entire Michigan territory had fallen into British hands. Yes — strangely enough, at sea. In 1812 and 1813, the tiny U.S. Navy bested the supposedly ...

Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the Louisiana port city in the last standoff of the War of 1812 Sonja Anderson How the flag that flew proudly over Fort McHenry in ...

The British Empire was ruled by the Royal Family. It’s the same family that reigns today and the King at the time was Queen Elizabeth II’s Grandfather. During the war, the Royal Family changed ...