A new gravestone was unveiled Saturday honoring a forgotten War of 1812 hero, Samuel Drinkwater, of Portland, who lived from 1742-1834. Historian Larry Glatz, of Scarborough, researched Drinkwater ...

Sep. 6—CLAYTON — Samuel Linnell, War of 1812 veteran and prisoner of war, finally has a headstone. It was installed this summer at Clayton Center Cemetery, an inactive and abandoned graveyard ...

OLIVIA HEWITT FOR THE HOYA Panelists discussed the War of 1812’s effect on Georgetown at an event Tuesday evening. In honor of the bicentennial of the War of 1812, the Georgetown University Library ...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, one of whose epic battles inspired the United States national anthem. Although war—which featured the U.S. invasion of Ontario and the ...

His body was then brought back to Sackets Harbor. Prior to the War of 1812, Pike was a well-traveled explorer of the American West as an army captain, commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson.

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (Sept. 20, 2023) -- Trading their rucksacks and combat boots for paddles and life vests, members of the 10th Mountain Division (LI) went back over two centuries in North Country ...

Public Interest War of 1812 battle site in Michigan gets $169k archeology grant Updated: Jul. 10, 2024, 4:11 p.m. | Published: Jul. 10, 2024, 12:37 p.m.

Turning the Course of the War The Battle of Plattsburgh and the Battle of Lake Champlain on September 11, 1814 salvaged two years of dismal military losses for the United States, staving off the ...

T here’s going to be a raft of books on the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, and one of the first is a fascinating look at a pivot point in naval warfare. In Knights of the Sea, author ...

They’ve given us $10,000 every year and we learned that Mr. Pomeroy was going to be in Plattsburgh, health permitting, with the society, the General Society of the War of 1812 and we’ve ...

One barge was captured and at least two more were severely damaged. The defenders did not suffer any casualties in one of the few U.S. victories during the War of 1812.

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… ...