French forces in Spain were severely overstretched, as Napoleon withdrew the best troops for his invasion of Russia. Wellington saw an opportunity to strike. First he secured the strategic ...

The film chronicles the life of Daniel Webster, an influential American statesman, orator, and lawyer born in 1782. Initially a sickly child, he pursued education fervently, eventually attending ...

Me: nurses, doctors, machines, injections. I did not attend the inaugural. Watching CNN trudge down the toilet, I happily ...

But the June 1812 vote to go to war only narrowly passed the House and the Senate, and critics condemned "Mr. Madison's War" as a foolhardy adventure, motivated less by crimes at sea than by a ...

US president-elect Donald Trump's threat to turn the world's second-largest country, Canada, into part of the United States by means of "economic force" represents the most serious threat to ...

PHOTOS PROVIDED After learning about The War of 1812, second grade students at Woodward Elementary School took on the “Old ...

Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the Louisiana port city in the last standoff of the War of 1812 Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent The Battle of New Orleans, as painted by E.

Many may be familiar with Jackson from his role in the War of 1812, his stint as president and his appearance on the $20 bill, but a tour of the massive estate provides a more up-close-and ...

Here’s why: It’s true, and you can even look it up: Once upon a time, the US and Canada fought a war. And the good ol’ red, white, and blue got absolutely wrecked. Back in 1812, we declared war on ...

A few decades later, the U.S. unsuccessfully invaded Canada during the War of 1812 amid frustration over the Royal Navy’s moves to bring American sailors into their own ships. “Canada and the ...

Sometimes the best thing a person or nation can do for a friend is get tough — and Canada has long been unserious about ...