In September 1814 on the waters of Lake Champlain, American sailors won an improbable victory that not only turned back the largest British invasion force of the War of 1812 but also helped secure ...

Chris Van Hollen urged the Naval Academy Board of Visitors on Monday to replace the 381 books removed from its ... and a Navy that excel in their war-fighting mission, there’s no argument ...

In mid-April, one of us, Cathy Johnson, found out that the U.S. Naval ... War College, as well as a link to a Times article, which previously reported that the decision to remove the books arose ...

With Memorial Day weekend honoring those who have served their country in the armed services, people may want to find out more about their family’s military history. Services and materials are ...

With Memorial Day weekend honoring those who have served their country in the armed services, people may want to find out ...

Early last month the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, removed nearly 400 books from its library after ... about African Americans in World War II; “A Respectable Woman,” about ...

The use of military force to secure political and diplomatic objectives has been commonplace throughout history, but gunboat ...

All burned ferociously, as did the structures housing the War and the State departments ... From the moment hostilities commenced, in July 1812, British naval ships engaged U.S. vessels along ...

It’s a song every American has heard countless times, but how much do you really know about our national anthem?

Japan was isolated from the outside world due to years of internal conflict and fear of colonization by European powers. When ...

Toy Soldiers, a monument to the War of 1812 in Toronto ... along the Great Lakes and in northern Maine, and a series of naval battles along the Atlantic coast. The war came to a dramatic climax ...

It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812. The stanzas recount the ... and historian who has written several books, including a biography of Francis Scott Key.