The story of that epic night during the War of 1812 and the restoration that followed is one of our nation’s greatest moments of resilience. The U.S. declaration of war against Great Britain in ...

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 ...

A Black War of 1812 veteran who has been denied a traditional military honor due to protocols dating to the slavery era will be memorialized in a Frederick cemetery this weekend, though not by the ...

The society is grateful to the Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Maryland for its work on identifying the grave site and obtaining the headstone, he said. About 1,500 Black soldiers ...

The American flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, during the War of 1812 and inspired Francis ... American flag — resonates as a symbol of freedom, opportunity, equality ...

The swift American victory in the War of 1812 had long-term repercussions on U.S., British and Native American history and on the settlement of the west. The battlefield heroics propelled Harrison ...