In honor of the bicentennial of the War of 1812, the Georgetown University Library Associates and the Lecture Fund invited archivist David Ferriero to speak on the history of the National Archives in ...

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 ...

The War of 1812 made it clear the need for a large state armory, which would be built a few years later by Joseph Ellicott, agent for the Holland Lane Office, on the modern day site of Tops. The ...

An eight-day standoff began Sept. 5, 1812, in what is now Fort Wayne, lasting until the Native American forces retreated, according to the Old Fort’s website.

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 ...

The War of 1812 is among the lesser celebrated of the nation’s victories, perhaps because the British marched into Washington, D.C., and burned the White House. March 19, 2024 at 9:03 AM.

She is in Moscow awaiting her fiancee’s return from the war when she finds a new romance in “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812,” performed Sept. 5-Oct. 27 at Writers Theatre.

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 ...