Donald Hickey, author of The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict ... After setting Washington ablaze and raiding adjoining Alexandria, Virginia, the British turned on Baltimore, 40 miles north.

He had set out from the original capital at Montgomery, Alabama, soon after Virginia seceded from the ... who had served in uniform since the War of 1812. But at 74, Scott was too decrepit to ...

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 ...

Matt Moran, a top political advisor to Gov. Glenn Youngkin, stepped away from his role at the governor’s PAC, Spirit of Virginia, this week, Youngkin confirmed Friday. “He understood that with ...

An attack by inmates at a Virginia prison injured five guards, according to state corrections officials who said most of the assailants were MS-13 gang members who entered the U.S. illegally.

Another one of Microsoft's key franchises will arrive on PlayStation this year, via a revamped edition of the original Gears of War game. Gears of War: Reloaded's announcement comes almost 20 ...

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.

VIRGINIA BEACH — After opening an investigation of a man found dead in the Avalon Terrace neighborhood, police on Thursday labeled the shooting domestic in nature and charged a woman with first ...

The Virginia Department of Health confirmed the state's first measles case of 2025 in a Saturday announcement. The agency said a child aged 4, or under, living in the state's northwest health ...

The Shrine of Memory, a fixture of the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, displays the names of nearly 12,000 Virginia men and women who were killed in combat between World War II and the present day.

these agents went to and from Vietnam and Virginia so many times it would be hard to call one or the other place their home.” In the years leading to the bitter end to the war in Vietnam ...